[gmx-developers] Debugging using gdb

[Rossen Apostolov]

Hi,
>> Details:
>> I compiled the modified code using
>> > ./configure CC=gcc --prefix=/home/shachi/gromacs-4.5.1.o 
>> --enable-double --with-fft=fftw3 --without-x --enable-debug 
>> --program-suffix=_p
>> > export CFLAGS=-g (even though --enable-debug should already add this)
>
> --enable-debug doesn't do anything AFAICR. Neither does make look at 
> environment variables. Set your CFLAGS before configure, and this 
> should work. You will see the -g flag in the make output when it calls 
> the compiler, if things are working right.


If you use CMake for configuring you can set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug.

Rossen