On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:12:19AM +0200, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 02:39:12AM +0000, Glen Barber wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Within the next 24 hours, I will merge the release-install-debug branch > > into head, which will enable building and installing stripped debugging > > files by default. > > > > In general, this should have no significant impact, but any fallout will > > be addressed as soon as possible after the merge. > > > > Those that do not want debugging files built/installed by default should > > add 'WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=1' to src.conf(5). This will also be noted in > > UPDATING. > > Is there a knob to generate and install debug symbols for the libraries > and rtld only ? I remember that there was some. > > IMO having debugging information for all binaries is just an overkill. > Nobody debugs ls on regular basis, while debug information for C runtime > is needed often. >
I thought there was one for libraries and rtld only, but do not see any trace of it now. Perhaps Ed can provide more information on this. Glen
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