Bug#856460: stap-prep: recommend installation of dbgsym instead of dbg kernel package
Package: systemtap Version: 3.0-7 Severity: normal Tags: stretch Hi, the `stap-prep` script in Debian Stretch currently still recommends installing the linux-image-`uname -r`-dbg package instead of the linux-image-`uname -r`-dbgsym package. As far as I can tell, the linux kernel package in Debian switched to automatically generated debug packages with the -dbgsym extension in Stretch. http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/4.9.13-1/ > $ stap-prep > Please install linux-image-4.9.0-1-amd64-dbg > $ dpkg --get-selections linux-image* > linux-image-4.9.0-1-amd64install > linux-image-4.9.0-1-amd64install > linux-image-amd64install Also, while we're at it, I would like to see stap-prep tell me where (or how) I can get the relevant package, because `apt install linux-image-...-dbgsym` doesn't cut it since one also has to include one of the debug repositories. It took me quite a bit of searching online to find this information. E.g.: > $ stap-prep > Please install linux-image-4.9.0-1-amd64-dbg from the debian-debug repository > see https://wiki.debian.org/DebugPackage Greetings, Jack
Bug#856458: Command 'stap-prep' requires lsb-release
Package: systemtap Version: 3.0-7 Severity: normal Tags: stretch Hi, I just installed systemtap inside a clean VM (based on the Debian Stretch Netinstall image). After installation, I wanted to check if systemtap was successfully installed (and all required components are available): > $ stap-prep > /usr/bin/stap-prep: line 31L rpm: command not found Obviously, this is a Debian distribution, so the rpm package manager is not available. The problem here lies in line 114, where the script checks if the command `lsb_release` was successful, but then fails to do anything if it wasn't. (The package lsb-release isn't installed on my system). Greetings, Jack
