Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
The attached patch should mostly speak for itself. I think it's great
that a lot of packages support DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=debug now, but if the
program is compiled with optimization, it's very difficult to debug.
Another alternative is to make a whole different option "noopt" or
something; I'd accept that as well.
--- debian-policy-3.5.6.1/policy.sgml 2002-03-14 13:17:48.000000000 -0500
+++ debian-policy-3.5.6.1.hacked/policy.sgml 2002-08-17 22:36:06.000000000
-0400
@@ -5362,10 +5362,12 @@
If the environment variable <tt>DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS</tt>
contains the string <tt>debug</tt>, compile the software
with debugging information (usually this involves adding the
- <tt>-g</tt> flag to <tt>CFLAGS</tt>). This allows the
- generation of a build tree with debugging information. If
- the environment variable <tt>DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS</tt> contains
- the string <tt>nostrip</tt>, do not strip the files at
+ <tt>-g</tt> and the <tt>-O0</tt> flags to <tt>CFLAGS</tt>).
+ This allows the generation of a build tree with debugging
+ information; the reduced optimization ensures that the
+ debugging tools can easily analyze the program. If the
+ environment variable <tt>DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS</tt> contains the
+ string <tt>nostrip</tt>, do not strip the files at
installation time. This allows one to generate a package
with debugging information included.<footnote>
<p>
@@ -5384,7 +5386,7 @@
test for either condition; you will probably have to massage
this example in order to make it work for your package.
<example compact="compact">
-CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall
+CFLAGS = -Wall
INSTALL = install
INSTALL_FILE = $(INSTALL) -p -o root -g root -m 644
INSTALL_PROGRAM = $(INSTALL) -p -o root -g root -m 755
@@ -5392,7 +5394,9 @@
INSTALL_DIR = $(INSTALL) -p -d -o root -g root -m 755
ifneq (,$(findstring debug,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-CFLAGS += -g
+CFLAGS += -g -O0
+else
+CFLAGS += -O2
endif
ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
INSTALL_PROGRAM += -s
