On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 16:55, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > We had discussed a while ago that it might be a good idea to compile with > debugging symbols by default, at least when using GCC. Personally, I > think that that would be a good idea, for users and developers alike. > > If we go with that, I'd like to implement a new target 'install-strip' > that strips the binaries while they are installed, as a compensation if > you will. (It strips the libraries in intelligent ways, too.) > > This could be a win-win situation. Developers don't need to type > --enable-debug all the time, users don't need to recompile when we ask > them to trace a bug, and if you're pressed for disk space then > 'install-strip' will save you even more space than simply omitting > debugging symbols. (Or you can keep the unstripped binaries around > elsewhere for debugging -- the possibilities are endless ;-) ) > > Comments? With the Caldera (nee SCO) compiler -O and -g are mutually exclusive. If you include both, you'll get -g.
I'd recommend against this for production use with the Caldera cc and CC compilers. LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
