Index: projects/runtime-coverage/tools/build/options/WITH_COVERAGE =================================================================== --- projects/runtime-coverage/tools/build/options/WITH_COVERAGE (revision 324848) +++ projects/runtime-coverage/tools/build/options/WITH_COVERAGE (revision 324849) @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ Set to build profiled libraries for use with .Xr gcov 1 , .Xr lcov 1 , etc. +.Em Warning: +this option is experimental. +Profiled libraries and binaries with runtime instrumentation built in will +consume large amounts of disk space (somewhere on the order of several +gigabytes). +.\" TODO: put this in build(7)? +GCDA files are installed to the +.Pa /usr/lib/cov +prefix. +.\" TODO: verify this claim in an e2e test. +The install directory mirrors the install path for the object directory, e.g., +.Pa /usr/lib/cov/usr/obj/lib/libc/stdio/vfprintf.gcda