Packages
Packages
Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
| Package | “debug” Flag Description |
|---|---|
| app-arch/innoextract | Enable debug logging and the --debug command-line option |
| app-i18n/librime | Enable debugging (including logging of input of RIME input methods) |
| dev-java/jfreesvg | Enable debugging during compilation. |
| dev-tcltk/expect-lite | pull in packages needed for runtime interactive debugger |
| sys-libs/glibc | When USE=hardened, allow fortify/stack violations to dump core (SIGABRT) and not kill self (SIGKILL) |
| app-editors/nano | Enable debug messages and assert warnings. Note that these will all be sent straight to stderr rather than some logging facility. |
| app-portage/eix | Build with upstream's CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS for debugging support; not recommended for normal use. |
| dev-lang/spidermonkey | Enable assertions to allow for easier debugging of programs that link to spidermonkey -- note this will often crash software on regular end-user systems |
| sys-auth/pam_u2f | Enable debug messages using the pam logging macros. |
| www-servers/monkeyd | Enable lots of debugging info |
| dev-perl/perl-headers | Add source locations in generated .ph files to assist with debugging when errors occur |
| dev-util/google-perftools | Build a set of libraries with debug support (so-called debugalloc). These are available by default but are not needed unless you're actually developing using tcmalloc. |
| app-misc/rlwrap | Enable debug |
| games-action/dxx-rebirth | Enable various debugging code paths and sanity checks, not just output. Some of these checks date back to the retail build, and choke on some custom levels because the game was never coded to sufficiently distrust inputs |
| sys-block/parted | Enable debugging as encouraged by upstream: [The default configuration] includes --enable-debug (by default), which contains many assertions. Obviously, these "waste" space, but in the past, they have caught potentially dangerous bugs before they would have done damage, so we think it's worth it. Also, it means we get more bug reports ;) |
| app-cdr/dvdisaster | Enable memory debugging. |
| net-vpn/wireguard-modules | Enable verbose debug reporting in dmesg of various WireGuard peer and device information. |
| app-emulation/ski | enable extra binary emulation debugging via sys-libs/binutils-libs |
| sys-kernel/dracut | Module installing additional tools like strace, file editor, ssh and more |
| sys-process/fcron | Enable debug code and output. Since version 3.0.5 this will no longer force foreground execution, and fcron will be able to run as a service properly. |
| dev-lang/crystal | Build each module as a separate object file. Speeds build up. |
| dev-libs/boost | Build and install only the debug version of the Boost libraries. Only enable this flag if you're developing against boost. |
| dev-libs/libevent | Support for running in debug mode |
| dev-libs/openct | Add debug output to the driver library for pcsc-lite. |
| net-wireless/spectools | Build the raw output client for spectools. (for developers) |
| gui-wm/wayfire | add debugging symbols for error reporting. DISABLE ALL SYSTEM USE FLAGS BEFORE REPORTING BUGS. |
| games-board/teg | Turn on debugging |
| games-emulation/zsnes | Enable the builtin debugger |
| x11-wm/e16 | Build libtrip debugging library |
| net-misc/ntpclient | Enable analysis code path and debugging of NTP protocol. |
| mail-filter/dspam | Enable debugging support (don't enable this unless something needs testing!) |
| media-tv/mythtv | Instructs Qt to use the 'debug' target |
| net-misc/ptpd | Enable debugging informations |
| net-mail/vchkuser | Enables debug messages to syslog |
| net-misc/stargazer | Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. |
| sci-libs/dealii | Build an additional debug library with extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml> |
| sys-apps/timer_entropyd | Enable printf debugging and logging to the syslog at DEBUG level |
| sys-auth/pambase | Enable debug information logging on syslog(3) for all the modules supporting this in the system authentication and system login stacks. |