On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 10:36 -0500, MK wrote:
> Ah, it's because of GNU make:
>
> "By default, the Make rules should compile and link with -g, so that
> executable programs have debugging symbols. Users who don't mind being
> helpless can strip the executables later if they wish."
>
> Nice, flexible software it ain't.
That's a recommendation about the GNU standard way to create makefiles.
It's in a chapter called "Makefile Conventions" and the introductory
sentence, which is just a paragraph or two above the section quoted
above, says "All *GNU* programs *should* have the following targets in
their Makefiles" (emphasis added).
This chapter has no relationship to any default BUILT INTO or REQUIRED
by GNU make; in fact there IS NO default value for CFLAGS built into GNU
make:
~$ env -i make -pf/dev/null | grep -- -g
# This program built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
make: *** No targets. Stop.
~$ env -i make -pf/dev/null | grep CFLAGS
make: *** No targets. Stop.
LINK.c = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH)
COMPILE.c = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -c
Of course you can do what you like, but I should point out that the
recommendations from the GNU people are the best practices resulting
from decades of producing and using free software products. If I were
you I'd take advantage of that experience.
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