How to check if program was compiled with debug symbols?
compilation, debugging, gimp, symbols
Solution
You can use `file` and `objdump` on Linux. In particular, you can look at whether file says "stripped" or "not stripped" (under my `Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS`, whether an executable is compiled with `-g` or not shows `not stripped` with `file` command. But the one with `-g`, shows `with debug_info,` in addition to that), and whether `objdump --syms` outputs anything useful (for me, it says "no symbols" for a regular build).
Problem
I'd like to trace some code in GIMP and therefore need GIMP with debug symbols enabled. I don't remember whether I have enabled them during compilation. How to check that without recompiling the program?