[Buildroot] Option for debug support in DirectFB package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Cédric Marie,

On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 09:29:00 +0200, Cédric Marie wrote:

> But then, since it is already commited, is your removal of DirectFB 
> specific debug option still relevant?

Well, maybe no.

> Or should we create another global option to enable debug (i.e. traces) 
> in autotools packages (and similar things in other types of packages 
> when possible)?
> This is just a question, I have no personal need for this debug 
> option...

A global option is a bit problematic, because we have discovered that
--enable-debug is clearly not used for the same thing in all packages.
Some packages add -Werror, some add some other funky stuff, some simply
enable debugging symbols. --enable-debug is not a standard, formalized
option with a well-defined meaning. So I don't think a global option
that applies to all autotools packages make sense here.

Thomas
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