Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 06:18:16 -0800 (PST) From: White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Configure to use WITH_DEBUG Message-ID: <849261.96295.qm@web34408.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> In response to White Hat : > > > I have a system that I am setting up that will only be used to test programs. > > I therefore want all programs built with debug code. To facilitate that task, I > > was wondering if I could put a global flag in the '/etc/make.conf' file. > > Assuming that would work, which of these is the better solution. > > > > 1) WITH_DEBUG > > 2) WITH_DEBUG=1 > > 3) WITH_DEBUG=true > > 4) -DWITH_DEBUG > > > > If there is a better solution, I would appreciate hearing about it. > > #2 and #3 will work. > The key is that the variable is set, not what it's set to. As a joke, > you can do WITH_DEBUG=no in make.conf, and confuse the hell out of other > sysadmins. > > Note that there may be additional port-specific debugging that would > not be turned on by the global WITH_DEBUG, but you'll have to handle > that on a port-by-port basis. > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com Interesting. Now if I want to turn DEBUG off for a particular port, would I use: 1) WITH_DEBUG 2) WITH_DEBUG= 3) WITH_DEBUG="" One other question. From what I have been reading, the use of 'WITH_DEBUG' also prevents the stripping of debug code when the program is installed. Is that correct, or do I have to use another flag to insure that debug code is not stripped from the installed program? Thanks again! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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