[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: add support for gdb debug info generation

Simon Kågström simon.kagstrom at netinsight.net
Tue Jun 23 12:08:16 CEST 2015


On 2015-06-23 09:47, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2015-06-23 08:39, Gonzalez Monroy, Sergio:
>> I guess you could argue that, to always build with debug info then strip 
>> it down.
>> You would need another flag to strip debug info for production, or leave 
>> it for debugging.
>>
>> In my opinion is not worth it, but it you feel strongly about it you can 
>> submit patches and
>> let the community decide.
> 
> I think stripping is a packaging responsibility.
> It would be a good idea to always provide debugging symbols.

Yes, I think this would be the best way too, and should be pretty much
standard procedure.

DPDK is anyhow just a library - stripping should be up to the
application / packaging to do.

// Simon


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