Re: The "correct" way to do an XFree86 debug build

[Alan Hourihane <alanh at fairlite dot demon dot co dot uk>]

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 10:48:03PM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> Alan,
> 
> Our previous method of doing a debug build of XFree86 was to add -g to
> xc/cf/cygwin.cf/OptimizedCDebugFlags.
> 
> I'm woking on documenting the Cygwin/XFree86 build process and I'd like to
> ensure that our method is correct.  Should we also be defining DEBUG and
> SMART_DEBUG on xc/cf/cygwin.cf/StandardDefines?
> 
> Furthermore, is there a simple switch that we should be toggling to enable a
> full debug build?
> 
> I'd like to have as correct an answer as possible, so that we don't have to
> answer these questions again in the future :)
> 
Sorry for the delay.

There's a wrapper for make in xc/util/ called makeg which will build the
stuff with -g for you. Use that and shouldn't need to touch any files.

Alan.