Re: [boost] [explore] Library Proposal: Container Streaming

Subject: Re: [boost] [explore] Library Proposal: Container Streaming
From: Duncan Smith (duncanphilipnorman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-03 08:52:13

2009/12/2 OvermindDL1 <overminddl1_at_[hidden]>:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:02 AM, David Bergman
> I do the same for Visual Studio, I have debugging turned on in both
> Debug and Release, thankfully the debug data is stored in a separate
> file and not in the application file so when I distribute then I do
> not have to include that usually massive debug file.  Is there not a
> way to make it an external information file in GCC as in VS?

There is a way.  From the manpage for "strip":

----
 1. Link the executable as normal.  Assuming that is is called "foo" then...
 2. Run "objcopy --only-keep-debug foo foo.dbg" to create a file
containing the debugging info.
 3. Run "objcopy --strip-debug foo" to create a stripped executable.
 4. Run "objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=foo.dbg foo" to add a link to the
debugging info into the stripped executable.
Note---the choice of ".dbg" as an extension for the debug info file is
arbitrary.  Also the "--only-keep-debug" step is optional.  You could
instead do this:
 1. Link the executable as normal.
 2. Copy "foo" to "foo.full"
 3. Run "strip --strip-debug foo"
 4. Run "objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=foo.full foo"
i.e., the file pointed to by the --add-gnu-debuglink can be the full
executable.  It does not  have  to  be  a  file  created  by  the
     --only-keep-debug switch.