Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to debug /sbin/init process?

["fei huang" <daniel.huangfei@gmail.com>]

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On 8/25/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org> wrote:
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> On 8/25/06, fei huang <daniel.huangfei@gmail.com> wrote:
> > wonder why gentoo does not support debug flag on ALL packages, but just
> to a
> > small range of ebuilds?
> > any good reason for that .?  don't know.
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> The debug use flag is normally (and IMO should only be) used for
> optional debugging/logging systems that can be built-in to packages,
> not for debug symbols like you get with CFLAGS=-g.  It sometimes also
> adds -g, but it is really more for the optional parts of packages that
> can be included regardless of the CFLAGS.


so, they are distinct concepts.

To illustrate my point, USE=debug has the following effects on:
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> * app-emulation/wine: enables the use of the WINE_DEBUG environment
> variable to generate debug output.
> * media-sound/alsa-driver: adds extra logging about the sound card
> configuration and inner-workings of alsa to the system logs.
>
> -Richard
> --


It does make sense.. thank you so much..

daniel

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