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

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> On Wed, 2015-11-18 at 13:19 -0500, Omair Majid wrote:
> > * 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.
> 
> +1
> 
> Having extra switches for java classes seem overly complicated (yet I
> can see a need that this might not be desired). It would be nice to
> have one switch which turns on debug symbols for both, native and java
> files.
> 

Different compiler, different options to enable it, and previously it
was a distinct option. The fact that there is no longer an option is
a regression of this new build system.

> Cheers,
> Severin
> 

-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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