From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.9 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, DMARC_MISSING,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from as1-4-5-1.han.s.bonet.se ([194.236.131.211] helo=bender.hallendal.net) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15ab3f-0002n2-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 04:52:55 -0600 Received: from zoidberg.hallendal.net (unknown [192.168.0.10]) by bender.hallendal.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55E04E01 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:53:15 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] KDE .ebuilds $DEBUG support From: Mikael Hallendal To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20010825043502.XGDZ2471.femail11.sdc1.sfba.home.com@there> References: <20010825043502.XGDZ2471.femail11.sdc1.sfba.home.com@there> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.12 (Preview Release) Message-Id: <998744023.29705.9.camel@zoidberg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Aug 25 04:53:01 2001 X-Original-Date: 25 Aug 2001 12:53:43 +0000 X-Archives-Salt: 6fa1c5eb-25c9-4343-bcc3-c39fe3d15c06 X-Archives-Hash: 8d6c4fbb1ac40e7ab09586b5b8272b74 Den 25 Aug 2001 00:40:21 -0500 skrev Don Davies: > Hi, devs > > Dan Armak: > > I think this would be a nice addition to the KDE .ebuilds. The QT .ebuild > has a similar provision. This should provide performance gains, as well > as reduce the compilation time, as I understand from reading posts on > http://dot.kde.org. Hi! I generally agree to this and think this is the way to go (the same for gnome-stuff). The only problem with this is that it's hell for us to help users when they have problem since they can't provide any information about what went wrong, only that something did went wrong. I had a problem with Gnumeric the other day which was that it segfaulted on one of my computer but not on the other. It turned out to be a bug in Gnumeric (now fixed) but the reason it segfaulted on one of my computers was that I had built glib with --disable-debug on the machine where it segfaulted. This is a performance-gain for the user and a real debugging-loss for us. :) Most other distributions build with --enable-debug ASAIK. Regards, Mikael Hallendal -- Mikael Hallendal http://micke.hallendal.net/ Stockholm, Sweden Cell: +46 (0)709 718 918