tags 606229 + patch
thanks
On 2010-12-07 16:31 +0100, Florian Ragwitz wrote:
> Package: emacs
> Version: 23.2+1-5.1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Emacs crashes are annoying, and figuring out the issue that caused it
> can be hard at times. One thing making it much harder than it could be
> is the absence of debugging symbols, making backtrace from running
> within a debugger or using a coredump much less useful than they could
> be,
>
> I'd really appreciate an emacs23-dbg package containing those symbols,
> saving me from going through the trouble of compiling all of emacs
> myself only to be able to debug its crashes.
Here is a patch that adds such a package:
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diff -Nru emacs23-23.2+1/debian/control emacs23-23.2+1/debian/control
--- emacs23-23.2+1/debian/control 2010-11-03 20:00:05.000000000 +0100
+++ emacs23-23.2+1/debian/control 2010-12-08 11:50:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -79,3 +79,13 @@
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.
This package contains the elisp sources for the convenience of users,
saving space in the main package for small systems.
+
+Package: emacs23-dbg
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Architecture: any
+Depends: emacs23 (= ${binary:Version}) | emacs23-lucid (= ${binary:Version})
+ | emacs23-nox (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: The GNU Emacs editor (debugging symbols)
+ GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.
+ This package contains the debugging symbols useful for debugging Emacs.
diff -Nru emacs23-23.2+1/debian/control.in emacs23-23.2+1/debian/control.in
--- emacs23-23.2+1/debian/control.in 2010-11-03 19:05:42.000000000 +0100
+++ emacs23-23.2+1/debian/control.in 2010-12-08 11:37:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -79,3 +79,13 @@
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.
This package contains the elisp sources for the convenience of users,
saving space in the main package for small systems.
+
+Package: @deb_fla...@-dbg
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Architecture: any
+Depends: @DEB_FLAVOR@ (= ${binary:Version}) | @deb_fla...@-lucid (=
${binary:Version})
+ | @deb_fla...@-nox (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: The GNU Emacs editor (debugging symbols)
+ GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.
+ This package contains the debugging symbols useful for debugging Emacs.
diff -Nru emacs23-23.2+1/debian/rules emacs23-23.2+1/debian/rules
--- emacs23-23.2+1/debian/rules 2010-08-14 23:36:55.000000000 +0200
+++ emacs23-23.2+1/debian/rules 2010-12-08 11:52:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -722,6 +722,9 @@
override_dh_fixperms:
dh_fixperms -X$(movemail_bin)
+override_dh_strip:
+ dh_strip -a --dbg-package=$(flavor)-dbg
+
override_dh_clean: $(persistent_autogen_files)
rm -rf \
debian/build-x \
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Cheers,
Sven
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