Niels Thykier <[email protected]> writes: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.4 > Severity: wishlist > > >>From #debian-dpkg > > 11:55 < codehelp> buxy: what happens with -dbg packages which contain > multiarch libs in /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/$triplet *and* executables in > /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ ? > 11:55 < codehelp> the -dbg package depends on the M-A: same lib package and a > M-A: foreign -bin package. > 11:59 < codehelp> for now, I think I'll drop the M-A field from the -dbg > package. > [...] > 13:22 < buxy> codehelp: they should be switched to use .build-id (or whatever > it's called) so that they do not conflict between each other > > > Perhaps a Lintian check for multi-arch -dbg packages to catch > potentional issues. As far as I can tell, it takes debhelper compat 8 > (or 9) to get dh_strip to use .build-id (by default at least).
I screwed this up too, the other day on a local package of mine, and I'm fairly sure I will screw it up a few more times in the future, so this feature would be very hand for me too. Therefore, I'll try my hands on implementing such a check, unless someone beats me to it. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

