Bug 173259

Summary:	dev-db/mysql: Save object symbols for unmangling mysqld backtraces
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Christopher G. Stach II <cgs>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Christopher G. Stach II 2007-04-03 16:48:04 UTC

Binary distros often contain the symbols in a file, making crashes debuggable at least a little bit.  Right now, unless you build mysql with debugging and no stripping, this is impossible.  See:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/using-stack-trace.html

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Christopher G. Stach II 2007-04-03 20:36:10 UTC

BTW, I understand that one can enable saving of debug information, but that doesn't really do much good if you run into a bug after you built the app.  Then you have to rebuild and schizophrenically hope to hit it again.

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-04 08:05:17 UTC

You probably want FEATURES="splitdebug"