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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for 4.6] tools: Honor Config.mk debug value, rather than setting our own



On 09/02/2015 10:34 AM, George Dunlap wrote:
> Changeset 1166ecf ('tools/Rules.mk: Don't optimize debug builds; add
> macro debugging information') exposed a bug whereby the autoconf stuff
> in tools was setting its own debug value (defaulting to ENABLED, even
> for releases) instead of honoring the value set in Config.mk.
> 
> After that changeset, if the global build has -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE
> enabled (as is the default in CentOS 7 rpmbuild), then the tools build
> will fail (because debug builds default to on).
> 
> There should be only one place to specify whether to build debug or
> not, and Config.mk is already included by the relevant makefiles.  So
> simply remove the tools/configure debug option and everything falls
> into place naturally.
> 
> Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Having debug enabled for tools by default for releases is arguably a bug
for previous releases as well, so I think this should be considered for
backport if this solution is acceptable.

 -George


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