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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:43:14 +0100
From:      Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HEADS-UP: Enabling WITH_DEBUG_FILES by default
Message-ID:  <CAPS9%2BSvhWNjnEJM%2BgnsSY_1ktyNTT1BT=DV0N5FrNQSXOMiSFA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150212091219.GD34251@kib.kiev.ua>
References:  <20150212023912.GG1302@hub.FreeBSD.org> <20150212091219.GD34251@kib.kiev.ua>

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On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 02:39:12AM +0000, Glen Barber wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Within the next 24 hours, I will merge the release-install-debug branch
> > into head, which will enable building and installing stripped debugging
> > files by default.
> >
> > In general, this should have no significant impact, but any fallout will
> > be addressed as soon as possible after the merge.
> >
> > Those that do not want debugging files built/installed by default should
> > add 'WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=1' to src.conf(5).  This will also be noted in
> > UPDATING.
>
> Is there a knob to generate and install debug symbols for the libraries
> and rtld only ?  I remember that there was some.
>
> IMO having debugging information for all binaries is just an overkill.
> Nobody debugs ls on regular basis, while debug information for C runtime
> is needed often.
>
>
I like the idea of having the debug files available.

How would this work with regards to freebsd-update? Would the debug files
earn a separate "component" slot?

Best regards
Andeas



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