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From: Dan Meltzer <parallelgrapefruit@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Split ELF Debug (defult or not?)
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On 11/26/05, Petteri R=C3=A4ty <betelgeuse@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Ned Ludd wrote:
> > Good afternoon,
> >
> > Would you be willing to give up space in $ROOT/usr/lib/debug for ELF
> > executables by default in order to aid in better debugging by or do w=
e
> > want to only emit it when a FEATURE=3D is defined.
> >
> > Having a split debug pretty much obsoletes the need to add nostrip to
> > your features in order to get debug info.
> >
> > Users wishing to not have debug info can simply add
> > INSTALL_MASK=3D"/usr/lib/debug ${INSTALL_MASK}" to make.conf or the
> > environment unless we make it FEATURE based.
> >
> > I'm in favor of it enabled per default but I'd like to know what you
> > think and why. (advantages of on/off by default etc..)
> >
>
> How useful is this debug information with -fomit-frame-pointer? From
> what I have read it makes debugging at least harder. I think most peopl=
e
> have -fomit-frame-pointer in their CFLAGS so it should not be enabled b=
y
> default if the debug info is not very useful any way.

Well, only on x86 and other lacking arches...
>
> Regards,
> Petteri
>
>
>

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