Changeset 1372 for trunk/README.developer

Timestamp:

Jul 15, 2008, 8:35:08 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Peter

Message:

forgot to save file before committing [1371]

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• trunk/README.developer (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/README.developer

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 $Id$
 
+= Disable shared library =
 
 yat uses gnu Libtool in order to build shared libraries on a variety
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 compilation of shared libraries can be turned off by specifying the
 `--disable-shared` option to configure.
+
+= Debugging using GDB =
+
+If shared library is enabled (default), libtool creates wrapper
+scripts in test/ that call the test programs located in
+test/.libs. While this allow us to dynamically link against the
+temporary library in yat/, it makes straightforward usage of GDB
+impossible. For that reason libtool provides a wrapper:
+
+`#> libtool --mode=execute gdb foo_test`
+
+that sets the necessary environment variables. For more detailed
+discussion, please refer to the libtool manual:
+
+http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/libtool.html#Debugging-executables
+
 
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