Enable debug in Firefox compile

[Leo "TheHobbit" Cacciari]

Il 03/24/2011 12:37 AM, giovanni_re ha scritto:
> Will the relevant persons please ensure that the version(s) of Firefox
> in the Ubuntu system include the debugging ability turned on?  Ie, if ff
> crashes, it comes up with the stack trace, etc, & the notice that this
> info can be sent to Mozilla to help find bugs?
>
> I had to switch to the direct dl from Mozilla version, instead of using
> the Ubuntu version, for this reason.  Their version lacked the useful
> (K)Ubuntu customizations (windowing stuff, IIRC).  But, it _did_ have
> the ability to help track down crashes.
Hi,
maybe there is a reason I can't see but... did you try to install
firefox-dbg? One of the reason why I like so much debian-based distros
is that they have a lot of packages for each software, each one adapted
to one or another person needs. If you need debuging, and you know how
to read the information a debuger returns to you, you can use the -dbg
package, if you do not wont to be bothered with the even light overhead
due to debuging you install normal version.
> Given all the people trying to crack systems through the browser, it
> only seems prudent to ensure the maximum level of safety in Ubuntu
> software.  This compels the necessity of having debug info available
> _always_, for _all users_, so crashes can be diagnosed, & bugs found &
> fixed.
IIRC is almost standard practice, when someone signals a bug others are
not able to reproduce to ask him/her to install the debug enable version
of the culprit package and attach to his/her report things like stack
backtrace and the like...
> Failing to turn on debugging in probably one of the most used Ubuntu
> applications (Firefox) just leads to Ubuntu having more bugs & problems.
>
> Thanks.  :)
I truly fail to understand how this could happen...

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