On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:10:37PM +0200, G�tz Waschk wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 19. Juni 2003, 13:50:47 Uhr MET, schrieb Olav Vitters: > > Correct, spec-helper should avoid stripping files when debug packages > > are enabled. The strip_files could also be removed from spec-helper, but > > I would like the files to be stripped when the debug package is disabled > > (spec file or ~/.rpmmacros). > > So you want to say that the current way of creating the debug packages > is broken, but if they weren't, they could be used as stated by David > (with gdb program -s /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/program.debug)?
I hated the debug packages since I saw how they are created in /usr/lib/rpm/macros. I hated them when I had to type 'add-symbol-file' in gdb (didn't know that there was a -s option). Yes, they were created with a reason, but I still hate em. I know that you can use them when you rebuild with DONT_STRIP=1. Unfortunately I now only now saw that you/Mandrake are actually uploading the -debug packages. :( Very very sorry for not reporting this earlier -- Regards, Olav
