On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 07:35:01PM -0400, Bob Hilliard wrote: > It appears to me that the method recommended in policy section > 11.1 to support DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in the rules file requires the > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS variable to contain both `debug' and `nostrip' in > order to generate a package with debugging information included. > > Is this correct and is this what is intended?
Yes. It's for debugging purposed only. However, if you build a library package, and you generate a libfoo1, libfoo1-dev and libfoo1-dbg, then this doesn't apply to you specifically. IOW, it's not the same thing. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'

