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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:71584 Archived-At: As a non-GDB-wielding user with not much C experience, I had a hard time following the instructions in `report-emacs-bug' and the ones that followed. 1. Calling `xbacktrace' requires src/.gdbinit to be loaded. It a) requires the user to run gdb exactly from src/ (not `gdb src/emacs'), b) requires them to modify the `auto-load safe-path', or that .gdbinit is ignored. 2. "Compile without optimizations" - how do I do that? `configure --help' doesn't seem to show any pertinent options. ...but wait, it says I can override the choices made by the script. a) Do I set the variable when calling `make', or do I have to re-run ./configure? Not obvious, the answer is "the latter". b) I don't know the choice the script made, how do I not break anything by overriding it? My first choice was "-O0", and that resulted in an unoptimized build with no debugging symbols (I think). 3. In #13749 (which caused me to write this), Paul also suggests using -DENABLE_CHECKING. If I'm not mistaken, this variable isn't documented anywhere.