Re: [PATCH][RFC] gdb support in GRUB build system

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:50:21PM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:14:03 +0200
> Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 07:42:29AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> > > 
> > > We could make it a 'configure' option like '--enable-debug' or
> > > something, but it seems like minimal overhead to generate the .elf
> > > files for gdb in addition to "real" GRUB files.
> > 
> > I'd favour the --enable-debug.  Even if it's a small overhead, it
> > becomes a big problem when you are out of space and need to start
> > looking around to see what can be shaved off.
> 
> In that case, should --enable-debug be the default, or --disable-debug?

I'd prefer to disable debug as default.  What do others think?

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