Shaleh wrote:
> Also, we are using -g and -O2 on quite a few -- which is practically useless.
No, debugging a program compiled with -O2 works quite well. Sometimes
the flow of control jumps around unexpectedly, that's all.
> -g is nice for testing, but daily apps are not benefitting that much.
The idea is to build the program with -g -O2, then install it in the
debian/tmp tree and strip it. That gets you the following advantages:
- The installed binary is stripped and fully optimized.
- It's easy to get an unstripped binary: just run debian/build,
no makefile tinkering necessary.
- The unstripped binary is useful for debugging core files generated
by the installed binary.
This is all described in the policy manual, section 4.1.
Richard Braakman