[PATCH] Shared library debug .symbols files
Konstantin Belousov
kostikbel at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 18:54:39 UTC 2012
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 04:08:47PM +0000, Ed Maste wrote:
> I've been working generating userland debugging symbols, with the goal
> that we'll build them for each release. The user could install them
> along with the system, or later on when needed for debugging. The
> symbols files will also be useful for profiling and tools such as
> Valgrind, without needing to build and install world first.
>
> This patch enables .symbols files for shared libraries when DEBUG_FLAGS
> is set. Future changes will be needed to address static libraries and
> base system binaries, and the release build bits.
You cannot strip static libraries, at least if you want the result
to be useful for the consequent use.
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