<note>

<para>

Server developers should consider using the configure options

<option>--enable-cassert</> and <option>--enable-debug</> to enhance the

ability to detect and debug server errors. Your debugger might

also require specific compiler flags to produce useful output.

When developing code inside the server, it is recommended to

use the configure options <option>--enable-cassert</> (which

turns on many run-time error checks) and <option>--enable-debug</>

(which improves the usefulness of debugging tools).

</para>

<para>

If using GCC, it is best to build with an optimization level of

at least <option>-O1</>, because using no optimization

(<option>-O0</>) disables some important compiler warnings (such

as the use of uninitialized variables). However, non-zero

optimization levels can complicate debugging because stepping

through compiled code will usually not match up one-to-one with

source code lines. If you get confused while trying to debug

optimized code, recompile the specific files of interest with

<option>-O0</>. An easy way to do this is by passing an option

to <application>make</>: <command>gmake PROFILE=-O0 file.o</>.

</para>

</note>

</step>