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authorStefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>2011-02-23 12:31:35 +0200
committerDavid Schleef <ds@schleef.org>2011-05-18 12:28:21 -0700
commitc6006ff589c890c9f258dcdf66603554230b19c1 (patch)
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docs: tell what ORC_CODE=debug is for
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@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ At runtime several environment variables can be used to control ORC.
<para>
This variable can be set to a comma separated list of flags to control the
code selection and execution. Supported values are: backup, emulate and
- debug. 'Backup' would instruct ORC to select the C based backup functions.
- 'Emulate' will run the ORC code through an interpreter.
+ debug. The value 'backup' would instruct ORC to select the C based backup
+ functions. Selecting 'emulate' will run the ORC code through an interpreter.
+ Using 'debug' enables debuggers such as gdb to create useful backtraces from
+ ORC-generated code
</para>
</formalpara>