On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 15:03 +0000, Steve Searle wrote:
> I have started using autotools for the C++ applications I create (very
> much as an amateur). I typically use assert statements during
> development, and would disable these by using -DNDEBUG when the release
> version is built. How should I configure things so that when a user
> installs from the tarball they compile by default with the -DNDEBUG
> option?
The conventional way that should work for sane packages is:
$ ./configure CPPFLAGS=-DNDEBUG
By convention, NDEBUG is *not* the default. To make it otherwise
violates the principle of least surprise.
--
Braden McDaniel <braden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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