At Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:31:38 +0000, Peter Rockett wrote: > > I am trying build a debug version of the library from source on Ubuntu > 9.10. > > I can generate a debug version by adding the CFLAGS='-g' option to > configure (which passes the -g flag to the compiler). That all works. > But I want to rename the libraries as something different from the > default - in other words, I want both release and debug versions to > co-exist but with unique names. I have tried the configure option of > --program-suffix=dbg (and --program-suffix='dbg') which I hoped would > rename the generated libraries libgsldbg.*, etc. but this appears not to > work. Have I misunderstood something here? Can anyone tell me how I > rename versions of the libraries?
Hello, As you found, there's no option for renaming libraries, only programs. The simplest way to avoid conflicts is to build and install to a different target directory, e.g. ./configure --prefix=/opt/gsl-1.13-debug > BTW: Brian - It would be nice to have explicit instructions on how to > generate debug versions in the INSTALL file. In my experience most other > packages have a make option to do this; it took me some time to spot the > configure options. The situation is that GNU packages always compile with debugging (-g -O2) by default, so it should not be necessary to make a separate debugging version -- it's part of the GNU philosophy that anyone should be able to examine any program on the system. I've added a note saying that to the INSTALL file. Unfortunately many distributions don't follow this approach. -- Brian Gough _______________________________________________ Help-gsl mailing list Help-gsl@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl
