Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Building/DebuggingGHC

Timestamp:

08/21/09 02:00:10 (4 years ago)

Author:

simonpj

Comment:

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Building/DebuggingGHC

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 This page is about strategies that may help you find a bug in GHC or its runtime system.
 
-== Consistency checking flags ==
+== At compile time ==
 
 At compile time (see also the [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/options-debugging.html relevant User Manual section]):
@@ -13 +13 @@
  * The flag `-dppr-debug` makes the `-ddump-x` flags print much more verbose output.  Use this if you are getting desperate!
 
-At link time:
+== At link time ==
 
  * Add `-debug` to the GHC command line when linking. This links the program against a special version of the runtime system that does lots of extra internal consistency checking.  Overall performance is significantly reduced.  '''Simon: any flags?'''
+
+== At run time ==
 
 At run time (see also the [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/runtime-control.html#rts-options-debugging  relevant User Manual section]):
   * Use `+RTS -sstderr` or `+RTS -Sstderr` to watch garbage collection activity.
 
+== At crash time ==
+
+If your GHC-compiled program actually crashes, you may have to roll up your sleeves and wake up gdb.  There's a [wiki:DebuggingGhcCrashes whole Wiki page describing what to do].
+
+---------------
 == Ticky-ticky profiling ==