Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile

[Anthony Liguori]

M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <address@hidden>
>             Johannes Schindelin <address@hidden> writes:
> : Hi,
> : 
> : On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Glauber Costa wrote:
> : 
> : > install -s is pretty and cute, but makes the binary get into the build
> : > directory without any debug information.
> : 
> : Is it really the build directory?
>
> I wondered about the patch...
>
> : > This is bad, and makes glommer sad. Also, tools that attempt to extract 
> : > that data, like fedora debuginfo extractor, will fail.
> : 
> : Is it not common standard to install stripped binaries?  If it is not, 
> : where is it documented?
>
> It is standard.
>   

Does anyone know what the various ports packages do?  If everyone is 
modifying the Makefile to not strip by default (and they are stripping 
on install), then I think we ought to do the same.  If you're installing 
from source, chances are you'd prefer the executable to have debug symbols.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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