Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: remove annoying "You should enable -g (or higher) for debugging!" message

On 5/7/11 4:20 PM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote:
> This is mostly a nit-like RFC. The developer profile adds a
> profile.bashrc, which prints the "You should enable -g (or higher) for
> debugging!" message when "-g" is not in CFLAGS.
>
> I wonder if we can remove that file. It has been added 3 years ago:
>
> <http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/targets/developer/profile.bashrc?view=markup>
>
> It is not obvious from looking at emerge output what prints this
> message, it doesn't fit well with the rest of the output, and may be
> easy to miss:
>
>  * USE:        elibc_glibc gtk kernel_linux test userland_GNU x86
>  * FEATURES:   sandbox splitdebug test userpriv usersandbox
> You should enable -g (or higher) for debugging!
>>>> Unpacking source...
>>>> Unpacking mtr-0.80.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/mtr-0.80/work
>
> I think it is not necessary for every developer to add "-g" to CFLAGS -
> the main point is to have any symbols at all, not just
> to-the-file-and-line-precise debugging info. If the latter is needed,
> the developer will obviously know what to do.
>
> What do you think about removing
> gentoo-x86/profiles/targets/developer/profile.bashrc file?
>

FYI: I went ahead and committed the change. Enjoy a slightly simpler
developer profile!