On Sat, Mar 11, 2006, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > The problem with using dh_strip and keeping symbols around is that it > does not enable all debug help that can be included in the software. Of > course, that will make backtraces sent by users much more interesting > and helpful. But anyway, adding ~200 -dbg packages is something I think > should be thinked and asked to ftp-masters.
Yes, that's why in my last message I said that 130 new packages were too many, but it would be ok to have the debugging symbols below /usr/lib/debug (if that's always possible, and doesn't eat too much space[1]). > As a perhaps crazy idea, debug symbols should be kept in something > like dbg.debian.org... at least for not core packages. This is how I would see it too, it has all advantages: - full rebuild is possible - permit selection of preferred arches (i386 only for example) - does not eat space on mirrors and end-user systems, nor burdens Packages.gz [1] I have a /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/nautilus here (from nautilus-dbg): bee% du -hs /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/nautilus /usr/bin/nautilus 1,6M /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/nautilus 608K /usr/bin/nautilus -- Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Current Earth status: NOT DESTROYED -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
