From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 14:12:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 364FC16A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 14:12:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from av3-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (av3-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A3A43D53 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 14:12:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: by av3-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 0444637E52; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:12:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.180]) by av3-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E931337E46 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:12:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h201n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.201]) by smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 91DB137E48 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:12:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 84128 invoked by uid 1001); 7 Apr 2005 14:12:42 -0000 Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:12:42 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: "O. Hartmann" Message-ID: <20050407141242.GA84097@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: "O. Hartmann" , questions@freebsd.org References: <42553EB2.8090804@mail.uni-mainz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42553EB2.8090804@mail.uni-mainz.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Debug tags in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 14:12:46 -0000 On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 04:07:46PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > Dear Sirs. > Sometimes I watch compiling 'world' or 'kernel' and recognize some '-g' > options while compiling, especially when doing so with a FreeBSD > 5.X-STABLE branch. > Are all pre-releases of FreeBSD due to development and bug tracking > 'tagged' with debugger options and do they go away with a 'RELEASE' (or > is this simply a stupid rumor that all STABLE versions are still tagged > to be debugged)? The default compile options for FreeBSD (including -STABLE, -CURRENT as well as releases) do not include any debug flags. > > The reason why I ask is simple. I need my FreeBSD box for scientific > researches and would like to squeeze out as much power as possible and > therefor debugging options are meant to slow down code. Even if you do compile with '-g' it will not slow down the code at all. The only drawback will be that the extra debug info will take up extra space on the disk. > > I'm not a development thug, so if this question sound stupid, I would > regret bothering you. Hope someone will answer. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se