On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > I don't really know what the "-fomit-frame-pointer" part does - I imagine > someone suggested it, perhaps on here, years ago, and it has got copied from > system to system.
I think it removes your ability to get a stack trace when programs crash, in exchange for potentially more speed. If you're a programmer or filing bug reports on crashing software you should not use it, I don't think. But I could be wrong. :)
