Re: [Boost-build] bjam - no strip option

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] bjam - no strip option
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-25 04:30:32

On Thursday 22 October 2009 Anthony Foglia wrote:

> Anant Rao wrote:
> > If I build a release version on linux using gcc, the symbols are all stripped out because it uses the '--strip-all' linker option.
> > Is there a way to disable this option? If so, how to do it?
> 
> Try setting the debug-symbol feature to on.  So in your Jamroot:
> 
> project
>     : requirements
>           <debug-symbols>on
>     ;

That will actually add a pile of debug information. It probably is a better idea
to avoid --strip-all, since it's rarely done by other projects, even in release
configuration. Comments?

- Volodya