gdb can't find symbols

[Amar Takhar]

On 2015-12-17 00:44 -0800, Hal Murray wrote:
> > I don't know how you were compiling with -g before.
> 
> My best guess is that I was confused about what/when it worked.

Ah. :)


> > No, this command was added at your request months ago. (cfe81982f)
> 
> Splitting control for the DEBUG macro and the debug flag for gdb was clearly 
> a good idea.

Agreed at the time I didn't realise they were different.


> I don't know how we should handle debugging with gdb.  I think the normal 
> approach is to build with symbols and strip them off after installing.  But 
> that's based on a very small sample set.
> 
> What do other projects do and/or what do other people expect?

Add -g when you want it.  Few users will ever need it and compiling with -g 
usually requires disabling optimisations in order to work properly.

Running strip over the binaries after install isn't common anymore I think some 
internal debugging such as line printing breaks when you do it -- I forget what 
exactly.


Amar.