Re: [PATCH] Simplify _AC_PROG_CC_G

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Oct 18, 2000, Morten Eriksen <address@hidden> wrote:

> Do people here know any compilers besides Microsoft VisualC(++) which
> does this?

Yep.  There's some compiler from SGI or HP that does it.  I don't
remember for sure.

> BTW, I tend to feel that _defaulting_ to using "-g" is a mistake. As
> it is now, authors of configure scripts needs to play silly tricks
> with CFLAGS and/or CXXFLAGS and/or CPPFLAGS to _remove_ the "-g" flag
> (for slim builds or debug builds, for instance)

That's what `install-strip' is for.  Some people have suggested
`--disable-debug' in the past.  I'm not totally opposed to this idea,
as long as it's still enabled by default.

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