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<concept xml:lang="en" id="GUID-7971886A-8ED0-5924-9BC0-A163BA499888"><title>-debug</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody><p>This option generates symbolic debug information for release or debug builds, independent of the compiler optimization level. </p> <p>By default, the build system generates symbolic debug information only for the debug builds. With this option, the generation of symbolic debug information is extended to release builds to support debugging of release binaries on ARM ABI compliant platforms. </p> <p>The option instructs the <codeph>makmake</codeph> tool to generate symbolic debug information for <codeph>UREL</codeph> or <codeph>UDEB</codeph> variants. </p> <p>Note that the option is applicable to the <codeph>build</codeph> and <codeph>makefile</codeph> commands only. </p> <p>Also note that this option cannot be used with the <xref href="GUID-8FF4D117-920A-5AFA-ABB3-C0101EE2B7AA.dita">-no_debug</xref> option. </p> </conbody></concept>