Bug 9033

Summary:	Request for the "debug" USEFLAG
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Maurizio Disimino <h3y>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) <seemant>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	mholzer, vapier
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Maurizio Disimino 2002-10-12 06:23:36 UTC

Well, I've seen too much ebuilds [1] checking for a defined $DEBUG 
to enable/disable debugging. What about adding a proper USEFLAG?

[1] find /usr/portage/ -name '*.ebuild' | xargs grep "DEBUG"

Maurizio

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-11-04 14:42:38 UTC

not a bad idea, really

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-11-04 14:51:14 UTC

/etc/make.globals 
# Debug build -- if defined, binaries won't be stripped 
#DEBUGBUILD=true