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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: add debug target
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16/12/2017 01:13, Ferruh Yigit:
> Add "debug" target to build library with debug symbols and optimization
> disabled.
> 
> This is shortcut for exiting method to compile with
> EXTRA_CFLAGS="-O0 -g3"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> ---
> +	debug            build library with debug symbols
[...]
> +.PHONY: debug
> +debug:
> +	$(Q)$(MAKE) EXTRA_CFLAGS="-O0 -g3"

This target will override any EXTRA_CFLAGS,
so we cannot build in debug mode with more extra cflags this way.

I think the cons are higher than the pros.