Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-10-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 09:51:05PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Julian Gilbey wrote: > > I'm not quite clear from the bug logs what the final agreed wording is > > for this proposal. Please could you let me know? > > I don't know that we ever reached a consensus on this proposal. Or rather we > almo

Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-10-27 Thread Joey Hess
Julian Gilbey wrote: > I'm not quite clear from the bug logs what the final agreed wording is > for this proposal. Please could you let me know? I don't know that we ever reached a consensus on this proposal. Or rather we almost did, and then it devolved into many little arguments. -- see shy j

Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-10-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
I'm not quite clear from the bug logs what the final agreed wording is for this proposal. Please could you let me know? Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian

Re: Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-09-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
> > It worries me that we're going to become *very* dependent on a > > specific version of make all of a sudden. > > Why? Where? The only thing that's GNU make specific is the variable > defintion as a dependency, i.e. the suggested implementation of the > build-debug target. But that's only a rec

Re: Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-09-02 Thread Roman Hodek
> It worries me that we're going to become *very* dependent on a > specific version of make all of a sudden. Why? Where? The only thing that's GNU make specific is the variable defintion as a dependency, i.e. the suggested implementation of the build-debug target. But that's only a recommendation

Re: Bug#43787: [PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-09-02 Thread Roman Hodek
> This is the final form (or, at least, I am done with this). I am > forwarding this to bugs.debian.org My ok again for the second variant. Roman

Re: Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-09-02 Thread Chris Waters
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 04:47:37PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > A simpler (though less comprehensive) solution would be to allow some > > way to pass the -g flag explicitly, through standardized variables. > > Something like: > > > > CC_DEBUG=-g dpkg-

Re: Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-09-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 04:47:37PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I wondered if anyone else has an opionion on which of these to choose. > > Either one works for me, but I think the first one is probably needed > > since some builds just can't be changed

Re: Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-09-01 Thread Chris Waters
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wondered if anyone else has an opionion on which of these to choose. > Either one works for me, but I think the first one is probably needed > since some builds just can't be changed sensibly. It worries me that we're going to become *very* dependent on

Bug#43787: PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-09-01 Thread Ben Collins
Ok, reformated Manoj's great work. Only change being DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS instead of just BUILD_OPTIONS. I wondered if anyone else has an opionion on which of these to choose. Either one works for me, but I think the first one is probably needed since some builds just can't be changed sensibly. Ben

Bug#43787: [PROPOSAL] changing policy on compiling with -g .. a better way

1999-09-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, This is the final form (or, at least, I am done with this). I am forwarding this to bugs.debian.org manoj The minimal change: == CC = gcc CFLAGS = -O2 -g -Wall # sane warning opti

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