Re: Configure to use WITH_DEBUG

2007-11-05 Thread Bill Moran
In response to White Hat [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 I have a system that I am setting up that will only be used to test programs. 
 I therefore want all programs built with debug code. To facilitate that task, 
 I was wondering if I could put a global flag in the '/etc/make.conf' file. 
 Assuming that would work, which of these is the better solution.
  
 1)WITH_DEBUG
 2)WITH_DEBUG=1
 3)WITH_DEBUG=true
 4)-DWITH_DEBUG
  
 If there is a better solution, I would appreciate hearing about it.

#2 and #3 will work.
The key is that the variable is set, not what it's set to.  As a joke,
you can do WITH_DEBUG=no in make.conf, and confuse the hell out of other
sysadmins.

Note that there may be additional port-specific debugging that would
not be turned on by the global WITH_DEBUG, but you'll have to handle
that on a port-by-port basis.

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Re: Configure to use WITH_DEBUG

2007-11-05 Thread White Hat
 In response to White Hat :
 
  I have a system that I am setting up that will only be used to test 
  programs.
  I therefore want all programs built with debug code. To facilitate that 
  task, I
  was wondering if I could put a global flag in the '/etc/make.conf' file.
  Assuming that would work, which of these is the better solution.
  
  1) WITH_DEBUG
  2) WITH_DEBUG=1
  3) WITH_DEBUG=true
  4) -DWITH_DEBUG
  
  If there is a better solution, I would appreciate hearing about it.
 
 #2 and #3 will work.
 The key is that the variable is set, not what it's set to. As a joke,
 you can do WITH_DEBUG=no in make.conf, and confuse the hell out of other
 sysadmins.
 
 Note that there may be additional port-specific debugging that would
 not be turned on by the global WITH_DEBUG, but you'll have to handle
 that on a port-by-port basis.
 
 -- 
 Bill Moran
 http://www.potentialtech.com
 
Interesting. Now if I want to turn DEBUG off for a particular port, would I use:
 
1)WITH_DEBUG
2)WITH_DEBUG=
3)WITH_DEBUG=
 
One other question. From what I have been reading, the use of 'WITH_DEBUG' also 
prevents the stripping of debug code when the program is installed. Is that 
correct, or do I have to use another flag to insure that debug code is not 
stripped from the installed program?


 Thanks again!

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Re: Configure to use WITH_DEBUG

2007-11-05 Thread [LoN]Kamikaze
White Hat wrote:
 In response to White Hat :

 I have a system that I am setting up that will only be used to test 
 programs.
 I therefore want all programs built with debug code. To facilitate that 
 task, I
 was wondering if I could put a global flag in the '/etc/make.conf' file.
 Assuming that would work, which of these is the better solution.

 1) WITH_DEBUG
 2) WITH_DEBUG=1
 3) WITH_DEBUG=true
 4) -DWITH_DEBUG

 If there is a better solution, I would appreciate hearing about it.
 #2 and #3 will work.
 The key is that the variable is set, not what it's set to. As a joke,
 you can do WITH_DEBUG=no in make.conf, and confuse the hell out of other
 sysadmins.

 Note that there may be additional port-specific debugging that would
 not be turned on by the global WITH_DEBUG, but you'll have to handle
 that on a port-by-port basis.

 -- 
 Bill Moran
 http://www.potentialtech.com
  
 Interesting. Now if I want to turn DEBUG off for a particular port, would I 
 use:
  
 1)WITH_DEBUG
 2)WITH_DEBUG=
 3)WITH_DEBUG=
  

The make manpage is your friend:

.if ${.CURDIR:M/usr/ports/category/port}
.undef WITH_DEBUG
.endif

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Re: Configure to use WITH_DEBUG

2007-11-05 Thread Gabor Kovesdan

White Hat escribió:

In response to White Hat :



I have a system that I am setting up that will only be used to test programs.
I therefore want all programs built with debug code. To facilitate that task, I
was wondering if I could put a global flag in the '/etc/make.conf' file.
Assuming that would work, which of these is the better solution.

1) WITH_DEBUG
2) WITH_DEBUG=1
3) WITH_DEBUG=true
4) -DWITH_DEBUG

If there is a better solution, I would appreciate hearing about it.
  

#2 and #3 will work.
The key is that the variable is set, not what it's set to. As a joke,
you can do WITH_DEBUG=no in make.conf, and confuse the hell out of other
sysadmins.

Note that there may be additional port-specific debugging that would
not be turned on by the global WITH_DEBUG, but you'll have to handle
that on a port-by-port basis.

--
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com

 
Interesting. Now if I want to turn DEBUG off for a particular port, would I use:
 
1)WITH_DEBUG

2)WITH_DEBUG=
3)WITH_DEBUG=
  

#2 or #3. Also, take a look at ports-mgmt/portconf.
 
One other question. From what I have been reading, the use of 'WITH_DEBUG' also prevents the stripping of debug code when the program is installed. Is that correct, or do I have to use another flag to insure that debug code is not stripped from the installed program?
  
Yes, it's true. There might be some weird ports, which do things in a 
non-standard way, this might not apply to those, but for the most of our 
ports, which respect the most important macros, it is going to work.


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