# Build Julia with debug files

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/build-julia-with-debug-files/111131>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** build\
**Created:** [March 4, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/build-julia-with-debug-files/111131 "2024-03-04T12:33:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/build-julia-with-debug-files/111131/1 "2024-03-04T12:33:52Z")

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Is there a way to enable generating debug info with the release build. I know that you can build a debug version in cygwin with “make -j 4 debug” but this will append “-debug” to julia.exe and some dll’s. I tried removing “-debug” from the make files but this generates errors while building.