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shogitai
shogitai

Reputation: 1961

Weird gcc compile behavior macOS Sierra: .dSYM subdirectory creation

Why while compiling in Atom using gcc I get this strange folder?

- programname.dSYM
    - Contents
        - Resources
            - DWARF
                programname

See this demo video for further details (YouTube).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 58

Answers (1)

Florian Weimer
Florian Weimer

Reputation: 33747

Based on this Apple document, I think you are looking at separated debugging information. The information in these files allows you to analyze crash dumps, without distributing the debugging information in the files you ship to your users (where it might reveal secrets you do not want to share).

Upvotes: 1

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