Marcus Meissner wrote: <snip reply that I'll need to check on my 10.2 system this evening>
>>>> The final aspect is specific to gtk2. There is a patch for gtk2, which I >>>> have installed. Why can't I see a matching patch to gtk2-debuginfo? >>>> There's a version conflict. Am I misunderstanding something or is this a >>>> bug? >>> We do not ship updates for -debuginfo packages, you need to deinstall >>> gtk2-debuginfo before updating. >> Have I understood you correctly: As soon as there's an update to a >> package, it's no longer possible to debug it? > > You can still debug it and the debugger will show a backtrace at least, > its just that the debuginfo package cannot be used. > (The reason we leave them out is just bandwith and diskspace issues.) "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" Helping to find bugs is one of the very few things I feel able to contribute back to the community. This policy means I can't help in such situations. There's a problem in gtk that apparently only shows up in some configurations. I happen to have a configuration where it shows up and was asked to try debugging with symbols to help locate it. I know I could in theory recompile everything myself but I'm not confident I know how to get exactly the same configuration and they couldn't be sure either, so lack of the debuginfo package is a high enough barrier in this case to reduce the number of eyeballs. If there's any possibility to change this policy, I believe it would be helpful to the goals of increasing quality and reducing costs. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
