/etc/portage/env/debugsyms.conf

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This file is suggested within the Gentoo wiki, to help with software development and for debugging purposes:

Possible content of the file:

# https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Debugging#Install_debugging_information
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -ggdb"
CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -ggdb"
FEATURES="${FEATURES} splitdebug compressdebug -nostrip"
USE="debug"

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