Debugging symbols in ports

[Greg Larkin]

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Alejandro Imass wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there an elegant way to enable debugging symbols in ports in
> general, or is this port-specific? I have read _many_ threads
> regarding this but I can't seem to find a definitive position on this.
> I would not like to resort to the original sources but work from the
> ports themselves.
> 
> Thanks!
> Alejandro Imass

Hi Alejandro,

Try this:

make WITH_DEBUG=yes install clean

WITH_DEBUG adds -g to the CFLAGS and prevents the binary from being
stripped during installation.

Hope that helps,
Greg
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