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Den 25 Aug 2001 14:15:16 +0300 skrev Dan Armak: |
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> Hi all, |
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Hi! |
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> The adding of USE flags is currently unregulated, so I thought I'd post to |
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> get a consensus. |
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Good thinking :) |
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> Current status: a few ebuilds use env. var. $DEBUG, not explicitly set |
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> anywhere in gentoo config files, to enable debugging. The portage system uses |
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> it to disable automatic binary stripping. The flag is nowhere mentioned in |
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> gentoo docs (AFAIK), a user would have to know about it to enable debugging. |
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The DEBUG-flag is set in /etc/make.globals. |
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> Suggestion: |
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> 1. make a $STRIP variable for portage instead. On by default. Set |
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> from make.* so the user can see it. |
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> 2. make a USE variable "debug", off by default, for all ebuilds to use. |
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I think that this is a good solution but I think the DEBUG-flag should |
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be on by default. This way we can get useful feedbacks. |
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In the same discussion. I think that we should have -g -O2 as default |
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flags when building. And not show in /etc/make.conf how to set change it |
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to -O3. So that only advanced users will change this option to be -O3 or |
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higher. I know that at least some evolution hackers are pretty fead up |
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with Gentoo users bugreporting with -O3, stripped binaries and no |
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debug-symbols. Also, it's much harder for us to debug the input from our |
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users. |
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A user that knows what he is doing and changes the buildflags will be |
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easier to talk to and ask if he could rebuild with debug-information |
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when nescessary. |
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Regards, |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader |
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CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden |
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