Startup of Chrome in gdb after a rebuild is now >10 seconds faster!
Excellent!
jrg
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Mark Mentovai <m...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> I just checked in r22506, which alters the structure of the
> application on disk on the Mac slightly. The entire program has moved
> into a dylib (framework) that lives within the app bundle, and the
> main executable is now a tiny stub that doesn't do anything but jump
> to the entry point in the dylib. I've got more related changes in the
> oven, but that's another story...
>
> The only noticeable change now from a development perspective is that
> gdb won't be able to find debugging symbols for the dylib when you're
> working in release mode. gdb looks for a dSYM bundle next to the
> framework, but we don't copy the dSYM into the app bundle (because we
> don't want it there). In case you need to debug a release-mode
> bundle, you'll need to place a symlink:
>
> cd xcodebuild
> ln -fs ../../../Chromium\ Framework.framework.dSYM
> Release/Chromium.app/Contents/Frameworks/
>
> Then, when you debug Chromium.app:
>
> gdb Release/Chromium.app
>
> it will be able to load the framework's debugging symbols. I haven't
> used the Xcode debugger in a while, but the same symlink should work
> to get you on track there as well, since the Xcode debugger is just a
> gdb front-end.
>
> Mark
>
> >
>
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