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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--nextPart1621382.tvmQLLBTjt Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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@). ;-) =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart1621382.tvmQLLBTjt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDd4KEXhc68WspdLARAo5VAKCC9AppJh6Pmt/rsxl7Nzy+X5Mj9gCggTsS 0Yx+/fbTwMMt5YI+9gzH8ug= =G7RK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1621382.tvmQLLBTjt--
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