Re: Patch - Debug builds without optimization

Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > On tis, 2011-11-29 at 16:32 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> I have applied the attached patch to help make suggestsions for server
> >> developers. I didn't reproduce most of the text because it was already
> >> listed with the options. Let me know if you want additional text.
>
> > Advising "server developers" to use CFLAGS="-O0 -g", without
> > qualification, is dangerous, in my mind, because that loses a lot of
> > compiler checks. The only reason to use -O0 is when you really need to
> > debug something in single steps and you can't make sense of it any other
> > way.
>
> Yes. -O0 is really a pretty horrid default choice, and we should NOT be
> recommending it, especially not with no discussion of the disadvantages.

I have applied the attached patch to mention the debugger. OK?

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