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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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On 2007-05-20 07:41, White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If I build a port with debugging information; i.e.
> 'make -g', is that debugging information stripped out
> when the program is installed? If so, is there anyway
> to prevent this from happening?
> 
> I have been attempting to build 'claws-mail' with
> debugging information; however, when I run the program
> under 'gdb' that information does not appear to be
> present. I heard that there was a 'STRIP' flag I could
> set; however, I cannot find any definitive information
> regarding it.

    # env DEBUG_FLAGS='-g' CFLAGS='' ...

The DEBUG_FLAGS option turns off symbol stripping.