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Date:      Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:14:15 +0100
From:      Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org>
To:        Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
Cc:        Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Integrated DEBUG related macros to WITH_DEBUG/WITHOUT_DEBUG
Message-ID:  <200511131914.28559.lofi@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051113151131.GG69544@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
References:  <200511130038.jAD0cgLb043746@sakura.ninth-nine.com> <20051113145814.GA74866@nagual.pp.ru> <20051113151131.GG69544@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>

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On Sunday, 13. November 2005 16:11, Stijn Hoop wrote:

> I totally agree with that; it's just that having 127 _unobviously_
> named DEBUG knobs is also totally useless.
>
> E.g., for audio/arts, do I need to set 'WITH_KDE_DEBUG=3Dyes' to get
> debugging symbols? I don't know and I can't quickly look it up.

Indeed you do and indeed you can't.=20

However, I don't consider the latter to be a real pressing problem - after=
=20
all, we're talking about compiling a piece of software in a way that=20
facilitates *debugging* - it's bad enough when I (as a kde maintainer) see =
no=20
other choice but to tell you, the user (when you've reported a problem - sa=
y=20
a crash - to me), to recompile the whole damn thing with some switch intend=
ed=20
for developers so I can figure out what the problem is.

> Michael's proposal for 'WITH_<portname>_DEBUG' is ultimately the way
> to go.

I don't deserve the credit for that idea (I don't really remember who came =
up=20
with it, IIRC obrien@). ;-)

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