Debug symbols in separate file?

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I would like to have symbols separate from a binary for both debug and release builds. How can I achieve it?

PS: the goal I pursue is to be able to resolve crash stack symbols offline. I understand it should be the same as for C++: there will be fewer symbols for release builds than for debug, but it still should be possible to resolve all non inline functions with the right symbol files?

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You can enable debuginfo in release builds in your Cargo.toml:

[profile.release]
debug = true

The process for splitting debuginfo to a separate file is the same as it is for C/C++ using e.g. objcopy and strip.

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Would be good for 'cargo build' to take care the automation of necessary procedures to achieve the effect... ? I understand on windows pdbs are always available anyway. Could be good to be consistent.

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But PDBs are the default behavior on Windows, and external debuginfo files are not the default on Linux.

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but cargo build could give the desirable effect under some option enabled in toml file to override default behaviour on Linux? is it doable?

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