Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:44:47 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman-Kazlauskas <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, dougb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building UNSTRIPPED binaries in ports? Message-ID: <46CB40AF.2070201@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070821135923.Q64507@prime.gushi.org> References: <20070821135923.Q64507@prime.gushi.org>
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Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > Hello, > > I am encountering a bug with named-9.4.1-P1 that I am attempting to > work with ISC on, that I have built from ports (dns/bind94). However, > I need a non-stripped version of the binary to get a backtrace. I > can't "roll my own" binary because it may be related to some way that > the port is built so I need to maintain a similar build environment. > > Is there some make.conf or compile time flag that I can set that would > prevent the stripping from happening? > > Or would I just have to manually edit the makefile someplace -- and if > so, can anyone give a pointer as to where? Setting the strip command > to /bin/true or something, perhaps -- but I can't be sure if the > strip_command is being used. > > I've found references in the porter's handbook that state all binaries > should be stripped, but I think in cases like this it would be useful > to give the user a universal option to not do so. > I had a quick dig in /usr/ports/Mk and from bsd.port.mk It looks like what you want is " # WITH_DEBUG - If set, debugging flags are added to CFLAGS and the # binaries don't get stripped by INSTALL_PROGRAM. # Besides, individual ports might add their specific # to produce binaries for debugging purposes. # You can override the debug flags that are passed to # the compiler by setting DEBUG_FLAGS. It is set to # "-g" at default " Vince > -Dan > > -- > > "Man, this is such a trip" > > -Dan Mahoney, October 25, 1997 > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > Site: http://www.gushi.org > --------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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