Debug tags in FreeBSD

[Erik Trulsson]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 04:07:46PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
> Dear Sirs.
> Sometimes I watch compiling 'world' or 'kernel' and recognize some '-g' 
> options while compiling, especially when doing so with a FreeBSD 
> 5.X-STABLE branch.
> Are all pre-releases of FreeBSD due to development and bug tracking 
> 'tagged' with debugger options and do they go away with a 'RELEASE' (or 
> is this simply a stupid rumor that all STABLE versions are still tagged 
> to be debugged)?

The default compile options for FreeBSD (including -STABLE, -CURRENT as
well as releases) do not include any debug flags.

> 
> The reason why I ask is simple. I need my FreeBSD box for scientific 
> researches and would like to squeeze out as much power as possible and 
> therefor debugging options are meant to slow down code.

Even if you do compile with '-g' it will not slow down the code at all.
The only drawback will be that the extra debug info will take up extra
space on the disk.

> 
> I'm not a development thug, so if this question sound stupid, I would 
> regret bothering you. Hope someone will answer.




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