---
name: "adddebug"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kde-dev-scripts"
version: "26.08.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/adddebug"
---

# adddebug(1)

Modifies Makefile(s) to add debug info

## NAME

adddebug - Modifies Makefile(s) to add debug info

## SYNOPSIS

**adddebug** \[**-k**\] \[**-r**\] \[**-n**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**adddebug** modifies the Makefile in the current directory (and optionally in its subdirectories) to add debug info (**-g3**). It will also remove optimisations (**-O\[1-9\]**).

This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.

## OPTIONS

- **-k**

  Keep optimisations (do not remove **-O\[1-9\]?** flags which are removed by default).

- **-r**

  Recursively search through all subdirectories of the current directory and operate on every Makefile that is found.

- **-n**

  compile without NDEBUG and NO\_DEBUG being defined (makes **kDebug** calls work)

## AUTHOR

**Ben Burton** \<bab@debian.org\>

Author.