https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/F36MingwDebugLocation

== Summary ==
Store debug files of mingw PE binaries below /usr/lib/debug.

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:smani|Sandro Mani]]
* Email: manisan...@gmail.com


== Detailed Description ==

Native debug symbols are already stored below /usr/lib/debug. This
change modifies `mingw-find-debuginfo.sh`, part of mingw-filesystem,
to do the same.

== Benefit to Fedora ==

Besides alignment with debuginfo symbols of native packages, this
avoids an easy to hit issue for mingw packagers where .debug files end
up in the main package, i.e.

`%files -n mingw64-libfoo`

`%{mingw64_libdir}/plugindir/`

where `%{mingw64_libdir}/plugindir/` contains both say
`libfooplugin.dll` as well as `libfooplugin.dll.debug`.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
`mingw-find-debuginfo.sh` will be updated to store debug symbols below
`/usr/lib/debug`, as follows:

[https://src.fedoraproject.org/fork/smani/rpms/mingw-filesystem/c/3304db326541cbe51dc37f520f977cfbd6e50221?branch=f36-debug-change
Store debug files below /usr/lib/debug]

* Other developers:
`%exclude`s of `*.debug` files can be dropped from spec files.

* Release engineering: Impact check [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/10257]
* Release engineering: Mass rebuild requested
* Policies and guidelines: No policies need to be changed

== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
No impact

== How To Test ==
Verify that `*.debug` files are stored below `/usr/lib/debug`.

== User Experience ==
`*.debug` files are stored below `/usr/lib/debug`.

== Dependencies ==
None

== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: Revert to older versions of environment /
toolchain, mass rebuild mingw packages again
* Contingency deadline: Before release
* Blocks release? Yes
* Blocks product? No

== Release Notes ==
From Fedora 36 onwards, debug symbols for mingw binaries will be
stored below /usr/lib/debug.


-- 
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
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