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From: Georg-Johann Lay <avr@gjlay.de>
To: "Vincent R." <forumer@smartmobili.com>
Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: compiling gcc in debug
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:24:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49DA1F82.40802@gjlay.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0d45513c31e4d2ea0c6f6e12f209157b@mail.smartmobili.com>

Vincent R. schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> When debugging gcc, debugger sometimes seems mad because it jumps from one
> place to another
> maybe due to the fact that some functions are inlined.
> How can I build a gcc in debug mode id without -O2 ?
> 
> In gcc Makefile I can see that :
>  
> CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD = -g -O2
> CXXFLAGS_FOR_BUILD = -g -O2
> BOOT_CFLAGS= -g -O2
> 
> Maybe I need to pass some flags to configure ?


You can use make cc1 CFLAGS='-O0 -g' in gcc directory, resp. for  cc1plus.

It is also helpful to strip the #line notes from the generated C-files 
(insn-emit.c, insn-recog.c, ...), because these notes confuse the 
debugger as they point to md.

Georg-Johann

      reply	other threads:[~2009-04-06 14:24 UTC|newest]

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2009-04-06 14:17 Vincent R.
2009-04-06 14:24 ` Georg-Johann Lay [this message]

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