On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Deanna Phillips wrote:
> DEBUG in the environment is fine when you are building the port
> yourself, but this DEBUG flavor lets you download and install
> _packages_ that have unstripped binaries.  I think there's a
> difference and a benefit.
> 
> If I find a bug in a port I don't maintain, it's a real hassle
> to go back and build it with symbols.  Being able to pull down a
> debug package in that situation would be great.

Sure but there's a big drawback to that.
Each port behaving this way would need to be built twice.

-- 
Antoine

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