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Date:      Sat, 03 Aug 2002 18:33:24 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: -fomit-frame-pointer for the world build
Message-ID:  <3D4C8464.A2F4775A@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <20020802212841.R58905-100000@woozle.rinet.ru> <3D4AC526.4CD399B3@mindspring.com>

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Terry Lambert wrote:
> Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> > What are the drawbacks of building FreeBSD with -fomit-frame-pointer?
> 
> The frame pointer is used for debugging, specifically for the
> stack traceback function to know arguments.  Removing it means
> losing some debugging functionality.  Next time try "info gcc":

If you don't have any need for debugging your software, is there any
use for frame pointers?  Is this something that can safely be used for
both CFLAGS and COPTFLAGS?

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