Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > While trying to debug unrelated software, I noticed that the source package > in question does not generate a -dbg target, which forced me to recompile > the package myself. > > Giving this further thought, it occurred to me that, with some script magic, > debhelper could be made to always auto-generate -dbg targets for any given > source by appending the corresponding suffix to the names of binary targets > found in debian/control e.g. libfoo3/libfoo3-dbg, foo-bin/foo-bin-dbg. This > would have the benefit of instantly making debug symbols for Debian packages > built with a recent enough debhelper compatibility level available always. > > This is merely a wishlist bug for this to eventually be implemented.
You seem to be suggesting that debhelper create binary packages not listed in debian/control. It can't do that. The ftpmasters will reject any such package. -- see shy jo
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