Keith Robinson wrote:

>I am sure this is a painfully easy question:
>
>I am installing a progam from source. How do i compile it so that
>later I can run debug it with gdb? I've tried alias gcc='gcc -g'
>(from bash) but that doesn't  work. I've tried setting CC = gdd
>-g in the Makefile, but that doesn't work, at least doesn't
>appear to.
>  
>
    Does the makefile define CFLAGS and LDFLAGS? They contain the comand 
line options for the compiler and linker, respectively. Insert "-g" into 
both, I remember having a fair bit of difficulty when I tampered with 
CFLAGS only.

        HJ Hornbeck

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