On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 04:08:45PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > 1. I need to pass custom arguments to objcopy --only-keep-debug. > > Specifically, I'm removing every piece of debug info except for > > .debug_frame. This means no type information, line number information, > > et cetera - but very low disk space usage, low GDB startup times, and > > perfect backtraces through optimized C code. Right now I stick a > > replacement objcopy in the $PATH that adds a bunch of -R options. > > > > This is probably temporary. Someday the GDB startup time and memory > > usage will be fixed, and the disk usage is not a big deal if GDB is > > actually going to use the information. > > Hmm, I could add an option to pass parameters to objcopy, but I'm not > exactly thrilled about the idea.
Then a wrapper it is :) > > 2. I want all debugging binaries to go to libc6-dbg rather than having > > a libc6-i686-dbg package. This means a lot of sneaking around behind > > --dbg-package's back; I have to say --dbg-package=libc6-i686 and then > > move files from debian/libc6-i686-dbg/ to debian/libc6-i686/. Um, one > > reasonable solution might be to create a debian/libc6-i686-dbg package > > after all; another would be a new option to dh_strip; if I have to > > leave it the way it is, I won't shed too many tears. > > Why not use dh_strip --keep-debug on the files in debian/tmp and then > dh_install the debugging symbols into their own package? Hmm, that might work better, indeed. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
