--enable-debug vs --enable-symbols (Re: [Libreoffice-commits] .: 12 commits - config_host.mk.in configure.in filter/source oox/source sal/inc sc/source solenv/gbuild toolkit/source xmlhelp/source)

[Lubos Lunak]

On Tuesday 22 of May 2012, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
> On 05/22/2012 04:02 PM, Lubos Lunak wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 of May 2012, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
> >> On 05/22/2012 03:19 PM, Lubos Lunak wrote:
> >>>    But --enable-debug also enables asserts, logging and similar
> >>> functionality that should be rather useful for developer builds,
> >>> doesn't it?
> >>
> >> But --enable-dbgutil enables that as well (and more of it).
> >
> >   Uhm? If that is the case, then no wonder people get confused, since
> > this means that dbgutil is a superset of debug, except not quite. I've
> > already asked Michael, so I'm going to ask you too: What is your idea
> > about what these options do?
>
> common subset of what --enable-debug and --enable-dbgutil do: enable
> various assertions, warnings, etc. (technically, both enable
> OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 and disable NDEBUG, for example)
>
> what --enable-debug does in addition: settings that aid in step-through
> debugging (like -O0, -fno-inline)
>
> what --enable-dbgutil does in addition: enable additional assertions,
> warnings, etc. that are binary incompatible

 Hmm. That's a completely arbitrary and non-obvious setup that I doubt anybody 
except for you knows or expects, but on the other hand, I think I do not care 
enough to do anything about it if you want it this way.

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 Lubos Lunak
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