RFR: JDK-8036003: Add --with-debug-symbols=[none|internal|external|zipped]

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> * Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com> [2015-11-18 13:15]:
> >  * Maybe the name of the flag should reflect the fact that we're
> >  talking about native debug information, and not the java classes. Or
> >  maybe that's just understood..?
> 
> Actually, I wouldn't mind at all if this option included debug
> information for java classes and set JAVA_CFLAG="-g" with some value(s)
> of --with-debug-symbols.
> 

I think that should be a distinct option. It used to be DEBUG_CLASSFILES
I believe, but someone broke it at some point.

BTW, do we really need this post on both mailing lists?

> Thanks,
> Omair
> 
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