Merge branch 'master' into 'master'

README tweaks

See merge request GNOME/sysprof!1
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Christian Hergert
2018-06-20 20:45:46 +00:00

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@ -2,26 +2,19 @@ Sysprof is a sampling profiler that uses a kernel module to generate
stacktraces which are then interpreted by the userspace program
"sysprof".
See the Sysprof homepage:
http://sysprof.com/
for more information
See the [Sysprof homepage](http://sysprof.com/) for more information.
Questions, patches and bug reports should be sent to the sysprof
mailing list:
mailing list [sysprof-list@gnome.org](mailto:sysprof-list@gnome.org).
sysprof-list@gnome.org
The list is archived here:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/sysprof-list/
The list is archived in <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/sysprof-list/>.
Debugging symbols
-----------------
- The programs and libraries you want to profile should be compiled
with -fno-omit-frame-pointer and have debugging symbols available,
or you won't get much usable information.
The programs and libraries you want to profile should be compiled
with `-fno-omit-frame-pointer` and have debugging symbols available,
or you won't get much usable information.
Building Sysprof
@ -39,7 +32,7 @@ Then do the following:
ninja
sudo ninja install
WARNING: `ninja install` will mostly install under the configured install
**WARNING**: `ninja install` will mostly install under the configured install
prefix but installs systemd service configuration directly in the system
default location `/usr/lib/systemd` so it won't work without root privileges,
even if the install prefix is a user-owned directory.