Chipzz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Christian Marillat wrote: > >> From: Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Making debug packages from main GNOME packages >> >> Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> >> This is not true for all packages. For example libgnomeui can be build >> >> with --enable-debug, who is a good option for the -dbg packages but >> >> surely generate unecessary output for the normal package. >> > >> > But if you think that the --enable is a problem (ressources waste, ..) >> > just use the dh_strip option, it's better than nothing ... >> >> Yes of course. --enable-debug only display debugging informations for >> libgnomeui itself. May be interesting for GNOME coders but not for ours >> users. >> >> Christian > > And that's where you are just plain wrong. Separating the debug info > from the binaries will result in a (much) smaller memory footprint, ergo > less waste of resources and better performance.
You are quotting Sebastien's words not mine. Please quotte correctly. Christian
