when building in release mode omit debugging symbols: this is a workaround for #115

Makefile.conf

@@ -195,9 +195,12 @@ ifeq ($(DEBUG),release)
     # We can define this with no fear: the test suite does not work with NDEBUG
     # defined, but its makefile will filter the option out.
     CPPFLAGS += -DNDEBUG
-    # I believe that we can afford some extra cost in binary size in exchange for
-    # debugging symbols being available everywhere.
-    COMPILEWITHDEBUGGINGSYMBOLS = yes
+    # # I believe that we can afford some extra cost in binary size in exchange for
+    # # debugging symbols being available everywhere.
+    # COMPILEWITHDEBUGGINGSYMBOLS = yes
+    # Disable debugging symbols on release builds, to work around an issue:
+    #   https://gitea.pep.foundation/pEp.foundation/pEpEngine/issues/115#issuecomment-2692
+    COMPILEWITHDEBUGGINGSYMBOLS = no
 else
     CORCXXFLAGS += -O0
     CPPFLAGS += -DDEBUG_ERRORSTACK

NEWS

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   different from PEP_STATUS_OK.
   Closes https://gitea.pep.foundation/pEp.foundation/pEpEngine/issues/91 .
 * Update YML2 dependency (reported by Dvn).
+* Release builds of the Engine are now compiled (on platforms using make)
+  without debugging symbols, in order to work around
+  https://gitea.pep.foundation/pEp.foundation/pEpEngine/issues/115 .
 
 v3.2.0-RC24  2023-02-20
 * log the current thread id along with the current process id.  When stuck on