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Bug 1324

Summary: Add support for --enable-debug
Product: SDL Reporter: the_isz
Component: buildAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED ABANDONED QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P2    
Version: HG 2.0   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   

Description the_isz 2011-11-04 03:22:07 UTC 
It would be really helpful for debugging purposes to have a configure option
which enables debugging symbols in the library. Merely setting CFLAGS="-g -O0"
didn't do the trick, running 'file libSDL-1.3.so.0.0.0' still yielded:

libSDL-1.3.so.0.0.0: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=0x8755a86fe6787defdc36285f76f147912a223db1, stripped
Comment 1 Sam Lantinga 2011-12-29 02:39:20 UTC 
Sure, that sounds good.  Do you have a patch to do this?
Comment 2 the_isz 2012-01-02 10:30:48 UTC 
Hi Sam,

no, sorry, I don't have a patch. I was experimenting with SDL and thought it
might be a good idea to report this issue I was having.

Happy new year!
Comment 3 Sam Lantinga 2012-01-02 20:33:11 UTC 
Okay, well if you have something specific in mind, feel free to attach a patch.

Happy New Year! :)
Comment 4 Sam Lantinga 2012-01-08 11:12:55 UTC 
Oh, I see what the issue is.  It looks like there isn't any way to tell libtool not to strip when installing.

Can you try manually copying the shared library from .libs to your install directory?
Comment 5 Sam Lantinga 2012-01-08 11:14:48 UTC 
Oh, it looks like you can hijack strip as well, so this should work:
./configure CFLAGS="-g" STRIP=":"
Comment 6 the_isz 2012-01-08 11:27:21 UTC 
Hi again Sam,

I just moved to a new place and will only have a _very_ slow internet connection
for the next two weeks, so I won't be able to download the SDL library and test
your suggestions. As soon as I'm really back online, I will get to it asap.

Kind regards,

Timo
Comment 7 Sam Lantinga 2012-01-08 11:50:46 UTC 
Great, thanks!
Comment 8 Ryan C. Gordon 2018-08-06 21:20:23 UTC 
Hello, and sorry if you're getting dozens of copies of this message by email.

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--ryan.