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Date:      Tue, 4 Sep 2012 11:53:12 -0400
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        Jake Smith <jake@avenue22.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Building with WITH_DEBUG (-g) in make.conf
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgncRbkdKHniV5qRSxxt2OR35LomeyJObugRkBeAYMBV6A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 4 September 2012 05:26, Jake Smith <jake@avenue22.net> wrote:
> Hi,

> It got me thinking, is there any reason why it would be a bad idea to build
> all my ports with debug symbols from now on?

> Are there any performance hits

Yes. Code size grows and the flags may enable internal
debugging in the program itself.

> or security risks with this?

no.


-- 
Eitan Adler



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