How to Create Executable Files and Produce Debug Information

Written by mvuksano | Published 2020/11/19
Tech Story Tags: linux | debugging | programming | software-development | binary | coding | executable-file | debug | web-monetization

TLDR A number of times when I wanted to understand what went wrong with a program but debug information was not available. Without debug information it is nearly impossible to make sense of what happened. In this short article I will show you how to create an executable file as well as produce debug information but in a completely separate file. In a future post, I'll talk more about how to do understand failures in production. To truly understand failure of a system you will need to inspect that system to understand failure.via the TL;DR App

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Written by mvuksano | PSS - Pragmatic problem solver @ Facebook
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/11/19