Re: [gentoo-user] dev-util/valgrind-3.7.0-r4 and glibc

[Sascha Cunz]

Am Freitag, 14. September 2012, 20:48:23 schrieb Mick:
> I got this message in elog:
>
> * Messages for package dev-util/valgrind-3.7.0-r4:
>
>  * Valgrind will not work if glibc does not have debug symbols.
>  * To fix this you can add splitdebug to FEATURES in make.conf
>  * and remerge glibc.  See:
>  * https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214065
>  * https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274771
>  * https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388703
>
> but my glibc has no splitdebug USE flags:
>
> [I] sys-libs/glibc
>
>      Installed versions:  2.15-r2(2.2)^s(08:44:11 08/10/12)(multilib -
> crosscompile_opts_headers-only -debug -gd -hardened -profile -selinux -
> vanilla)
>
>
> As a matter of fact nothing has:
>
> $ euse -i splitdebug
> global use flags (searching: splitdebug)
> ************************************************************
> no matching entries found
>
> local use flags (searching: splitdebug)
> ************************************************************
> no matching entries found
>
>
> Is this a typo?

Actually not, splitdebug is not a USE-Flag but rather a FEATURE of
the package manager.

See [1] and [2] for explanations. [2] actually show how to enable
splitdebug _just_ for valgrind.

Cheers
Sascha

[1]http://www.baptiste-wicht.com/2012/04/install-valgrind-on-gentoo-linux/
[2] http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/gentoo-user-per-package-splitdebug-feature-help-204537341.html