Re: Debug library usage

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From: Tom Flynn (flynnt++at++engr.sgi.com)
Date: 10/01/2001 13:47:58

Correct. However, you can compile -g -O (that's how the performer debug
libs are built). So long as what you're debugging isn't inline'd, you
should be able to debug just fine with gdb.
-tom

On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Marcin Romaszewicz wrote:

>
> gcc has some sort of issue with symbols going missing if you don't compile
> with the -O flag. We would really love to have proper debug libraries, but
> the gcc compiler is unwilling to cooperate. The libraries had to be
> compiled -O as well.
>
> -- Marcin
>
> On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Yves Strube wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > is it possible to use the Performer debug libraries in
> > /usr/lib/Performer/Debug under Linux?
> > If I compile a Performer program I need to use the -O g++ compiler
> > switch. Without the switch lots of symbols are not found, no matter if I
> > use the debug libraries or the normal ones in /usr/lib/Performer.
> > The problem is that the -O switch does optimizations which make
> > debugging difficult, e.g. some variables I would like to display do not
> > exist in the optimized code.
> > So my questions are:
> > (1) Is it possible to compile and link a Performer application without
> > the -O switch?
> > (2) What is the difference between the debug libraries and the normal
> > ones?
> >
> > Thanks for any comments,
> > Yves
> >
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