On 2008/04/22 13:59, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Deanna Phillips wrote:
> > DEBUG in the environment is fine when you are building the port
> > yourself, but this DEBUG flavor lets you download and install
> > _packages_ that have unstripped binaries.  I think there's a
> > difference and a benefit.
> > 
> > If I find a bug in a port I don't maintain, it's a real hassle
> > to go back and build it with symbols.  Being able to pull down a
> > debug package in that situation would be great.
> 
> Sure but there's a big drawback to that.
> Each port behaving this way would need to be built twice.

And mirrored twice...

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