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