On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:04:20 +0200 Mark Rotteveel <m...@lawinegevaar.nl> wrote:
> On 24-08-2022 15:36, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: > > Mark Rotteveel wrote 24.08.2022 15:32: > >> If the term is confusing or ambiguous, it already is so in its current > >> form. > > > > Yes, it is. That's why I would suggest to change that. > > The Windows pdb packages are complete builds though. So maybe those > should be "debug", while the Linux builds should be "debug-symbols" or > something like that. The windows pdb packages contain complete builds partly because of the requirement that anything installable must be uninstallable. Just dropping a bunch of pdb's into the install dir will soone or later leave a mess behind it. More importantly, it is essential that the symbols exactly match the binaries, otherwise the debugger will complain and the whole exercise will be largely useless. Shipping a complete kit guarantees that everything will match up and can be uninstalled easily. But I agree with Dimitry - we should take care to distinguish kits containing debug symbols from actual 'Debug' builds. Paul -- Paul Reeves http://www.ibphoenix.com Supporting users of Firebird Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
