On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 10:34:31PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > David Martínez Moreno on Friday 25 Aug 2006 15:32 wrote: > > > Yes. You simply crash KDE (easy if you use KMail and IMAP) and drkonqui > > (the > > crash handler) will take advantage of installed debugging symbols in order > > to > > provide a more complete backtrace. > > > > Just out of curiosity, does installation of the -dbg packages affect the > performance of the application in normal use ? > > Ritesh
Depending upon how much memory you have, it might have a large effect. Increases in memory use increase the amount of paging your program will do. If the paging is from main memory to CPU cache, that's not too bad; it if it's from disk to memory, that's bad. (These are two different senses of "paging".) The effects may be felt in the program with the increased memory footprint, or in other programs if they end up doing more disk paging. It's possible the system if pretty clever about this (e.g., the symbols just stay on disk until they're needed). If so, the effect would be negligible; I don't think the system is that clever. Ross Boylan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
