Hi Brian, On Wed, 1 May 2019, brian m. carlson wrote:
> On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 08:39:22PM +0200, Alban Gruin wrote: > > -Og also exists to debug[0], even if it’s far less known. Perhaps it’s > > better to check for -g (and its variants[1]) as the user clearly states > > their intent to debug the resulting binary, rather than checking for > > special cases. > > I can't speak for the Windows folks, but Debian frequently builds with > -O2 -g and strips the debugging symbols into a separate package that can > be installed in case of a crash. So -g need not be an indication of > non-production use. Precisely, Git for Windows imitates this strategy. Thanks, Dscho
