On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Alexander Leidinger wrote:

> On 11 Jan, Bruce Evans wrote:
> 
> >> Didnīt we have "makeoptions DEBUG=-g" as a kernel option to compile the
> >> kernel with debug information? What about "config -g MYKERNEL"?
> > 
> > DEBUG is a private variable in kernel Makefiles.  "config -g MYKERNEL"
> 
> If I set DEBUG in make.conf it should work, right?

It shouldn't work, but may.

> So what's private
> about it?

It's set unconditionally in some cases.

> We have CFLAGS (userland) and COPTFLAGS (kernel) in make.conf, shouldnīt
> we also have e.g. DEBUG_FLAGS and DEBUG_KERNEL (renamed DEBUG from
> above)?

No.  Who knows what all those undocumented variables do.

Bruce



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