On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Andrew Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 17:04 -0400, Charles Tryon wrote: > > Quick question: You mention here using the "./configure" command, but > > the HOWTO and everything else I've seen up to this point recommend > > using "./configure.developer". Is this still the recommendation, or > > is it better to just use "./configure" if you really aren't doing > > development (which includes, debugging, testing and general mucking > > around with stuff you aren't sure yet if it works....) > > G'day, > > The main reason we recommend ./configure.developer in the HOWTO is that > if it crashes, the debugging symbols from --enable-debug will be > valuable. Also, while it isn't in the howto, make test relies on > --enable-selftest. Both these modes are turned on by --enable-developer > (which is what ./configure.developer does). > > For productions use, ideally neither will be required. That said, we > may ask for a rebuild with --enable-debug at least if it crashes, or ask > to rebuild with ./configure.developer and run make test if you get > inexplicable results. > > I hope this clarifies things, > Yes, thank you! > > Andrew Bartlett > > -- > Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ > Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org > > -- Charles Tryon _________________________________________________________________________ “Risks are not to be evaluated in terms of the probability of success, but in terms of the value of the goal.” - Ralph D. Winter -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
