You should also add an extra -ggdb to give the binary some extra information usefull to gdb.
HJ Hornbeck a �crit: > 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
