Index: /trunk/psModules/configure.ac
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--- /trunk/psModules/configure.ac	(revision 7870)
+++ /trunk/psModules/configure.ac	(revision 7871)
@@ -71,5 +71,13 @@
   [AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-profile,enable compiler profiler information inclusion)],
   [AC_MSG_RESULT(compile optimization enabled)
-   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=} -pg"]
+   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=} -pg -g"
+   LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS=} -pg"]
+)
+
+dnl handle path coverage checking
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(coverage,
+  [AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-coverage,enable path coverage checking)],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT(path coverage enabled)
+   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=} -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -pg"]
 )