Re: [Lazarus] A simple way to stop the never ending story of long executable?

2017-05-20 Thread Denis Kozlov via Lazarus
I also agree with "Use external gdb debug symbols file" being ON by default for a new Lazarus project. Unless of course some debug info formats didn't support it, which would raise other questions. This is only a default option for new projects, which would affect mostly new users or quick t

Re: [Lazarus] A simple way to stop the never ending story of long executable?

2017-05-20 Thread Giuliano Colla via Lazarus
Il 20/05/2017 14:04, Bart via Lazarus ha scritto: On 5/20/17, Giuliano Colla via Lazarus wrote: External debug symbols file? No, please. Why? 1. I regularly deploy applications with debug info. 2. There are reports (or at least I remeber seeing them) that antivirus programs tend to barf on

Re: [Lazarus] A simple way to stop the never ending story of long executable?

2017-05-20 Thread Bart via Lazarus
On 5/20/17, Giuliano Colla via Lazarus wrote: >>> External debug symbols file? >> No, please. > > Why? 1. I regularly deploy applications with debug info. 2. There are reports (or at least I remeber seeing them) that antivirus programs tend to barf on external debug files. 3. Any serious develop

Re: [Lazarus] A simple way to stop the never ending story of long executable?

2017-05-20 Thread Martin Frb via Lazarus
On 20/05/2017 11:24, Giuliano Colla via Lazarus wrote: I had tried in remote times to activate the "use external gdb debug symbols file" option, and it didn't work properly, so I forgot about it. But some time ago I tried again, and now it turns out to work perfectly, at least under Linux. Wo

Re: [Lazarus] A simple way to stop the never ending story of long executable?

2017-05-20 Thread Giuliano Colla via Lazarus
Il 20/05/2017 13:20, Bart via Lazarus ha scritto: External debug symbols file? No, please. Why? Giuliano -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus

Re: [Lazarus] A simple way to stop the never ending story of long executable?

2017-05-20 Thread Bart via Lazarus
On 5/20/17, Alexey via Lazarus wrote: > External debug symbols file? No, please. Bart -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus

Re: [Lazarus] A simple way to stop the never ending story of long executable?

2017-05-20 Thread Alexey via Lazarus
External debug symbols file? +1 for ON default On 20.05.2017 13:24, Giuliano Colla via Lazarus wrote: Wouldn't it be nice to set it active by default? -- Regards, Alexey -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazaru

[Lazarus] A simple way to stop the never ending story of long executable?

2017-05-20 Thread Giuliano Colla via Lazarus
I had tried in remote times to activate the "use external gdb debug symbols file" option, and it didn't work properly, so I forgot about it. But some time ago I tried again, and now it turns out to work perfectly, at least under Linux. Wouldn't it be nice to set it active by default? This cou