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diff --git a/docs/setup/building_with_debug_symbols.rst b/docs/setup/building_with_debug_symbols.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..316e04af31 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/setup/building_with_debug_symbols.rst @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +Building with Debug Symbols +=========================== + ++--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| This page is an import from MDN and the contents might be outdated | ++--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +By default, a release build of Firefox will not generate debug symbols +suitable for debugging or post-processing into the +:ref:`breakpad <Crash reporting>` symbol format. Use the +following :ref:`mozconfig <Configuring Build Options>` settings +to do a build with symbols: + + + +Building Firefox with symbols +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +There is a single configure option to enable building with symbols on +all platforms. This is enabled by default so unless you have explcitly +disabled it your build you should include symbols. + +:: + + ac_add_options --enable-debug-symbols + +This can optionally take an argument for the type of symbols that need +to be produced (like "-g3"). By default it uses "-g" on Linux and MacOS. +This value takes precedence over the flags set in ``MOZ_DEBUG_FLAGS`` + +Note that this will override the values provided for ``CFLAGS`` and +``CXXFLAGS``. + + +Breakpad symbol files +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +After the build is complete, run the following command to generate an +archive of :ref:`Breakpad <Crash reporting>` symbol files: + +.. code:: bash + + mach buildsymbols + +Treeherder uses an additional ``uploadsymbols`` target to upload +symbols to a socorro server. See +https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/crashreporter/tools/upload_symbols.py +for more information about the environment variables used by this +target. + + +``make package`` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If you use ``make package`` to package your build, symbols will be +stripped. If you want to keep the symbols in the patches, you need to +add this to your mozconfig: + +.. code:: + + ac_add_options --disable-install-strip |