Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] build: allow turning off debuginfo

[Peter Maydell]

On 24 February 2012 10:39, Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 02/08/12 13:54, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> This patch adds --{enable,disable}-debug-info switches to configure
>> which allows to include/exclude the '-g' switch on the gcc & ld
>> command lines.  Not building debug info reduces ressource usage
>> (especially disk) alot and is quite useful for test builds.
>
> ping?

We've had this suggested before, haven't we? I quite like the
existing "just build with -g and strip it later" approach...
is the resource usage change really that significant?

-- PMM