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

On 5/7/11 5:04 PM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
> Dne 7.5.2011 16:20, "PaweB Hajdan, Jr." napsal(a):
>> 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?
>
> I would preffer to see there -ggdb and FEATURES=splitdebug to be honest.

FEATURES=splitdebug is already a part of the developer profile. And then
that bashrc file was added there to avoid adding -ggdb to CFLAGS
unconditionally (it increases compile/link time a *lot* for packages
like xulrunner, webkit, or chromium).

This was the only response to my e-mail, so I guess most people don't
care about the bashrc file in question. I'd still like to remove it -
was your reply a "no way" or just "I'd prefer something else"?