On Nov 6 21:53, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > - create binaries with debug info > - create debug info files from the non-stripped binaries and copy > them to usr/debug/...
sorry, usr/lib/debug/... > - strip the binary and pack it into the base package "foo" > - pack the debug info files into the debug package "foo-debug" > > So, a user of the package gets just the smaller stripped foo binary, > while a developer can install the foo-debug package and actually > debug the foo binary. > > > Is it a common practice for GNU/Linux distribution to strip binaries when > > creating packages? > > Yes. Plus generating the debug info package. Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
