Ok; a commit is queued up for the trunk tonight that should do this: - If we're on Darwin - And -g is in CFLAGS already - Then do a test compile to see if -gstabs+ works - If it does, then add it to CFLAGS - Then double check and uniq-ify CFLAGS (to ensure -gstabs+ wasn't in there already)
On Jul 25, 2010, at 7:52 AM, Ralph Castain wrote: > I can't speak for totalview, but as a developer on Darwin, adding -gstabs+ > enables the clean use of gdb and would help immensely! > > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 8:14 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote: > > > Resurrecting this orphaned discussion... > > > > Peter: so what exactly do you need? -gstabs or -gstabs+ when compiling > > these files on Darwin? (or, more specifically, whenever the back-end > > compiler supports one/both of these flags) > > > > > > On Jun 9, 2010, at 11:43 PM, Paul H. Hargrove wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Jeff Squyres wrote: > >>> On Jun 4, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Peter Thompson wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> It was suggested by our CTO that if these files were compiled as to > >>>> produce STABS debug info, rather than DWARF, then the debug info would > >>>> be copied into the executables and shared libraries, and we would then > >>>> be able to debug with Open MPI without a problem. I'm not sure if this > >>>> is the best place to offer that suggestion, but I imagine it's not a bad > >>>> place to start. ;-) > >>>> > >>> > >>> Having just moved this to the "devel" list... > >>> > >>> I don't think we'd mind doing what you propose if it's not too icky. > >>> These files are explicitly there for debuggers like TV, after all. > >>> > >>> So how do we do that? (I don't know anything about STABS or DWARF) > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Extracted from "man gcc" on Darwin host: > >> > >> > >> -gstabs > >> Produce debugging information in stabs format (if that is > >> supported), without GDB > >> extensions. This is the format used by DBX on most BSD > >> systems. On MIPS, Alpha and > >> System V Release 4 systems this option produces stabs > >> debugging output which is not > >> understood by DBX or SDB. On System V Release 4 systems this > >> option requires the GNU > >> assembler. > >> > >> -gstabs+ > >> Produce debugging information in stabs format (if that is > >> supported), using GNU > >> extensions understood only by the GNU debugger (GDB). The > >> use of these extensions is > >> likely to make other debuggers crash or refuse to read the > >> program. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Paul H. Hargrove phhargr...@lbl.gov > >> Future Technologies Group > >> HPC Research Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352 > >> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> devel mailing list > >> de...@open-mpi.org > >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > >> > > > > > > -- > > Jeff Squyres > > jsquy...@cisco.com > > For corporate legal information go to: > > http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > de...@open-mpi.org > > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
