On 12.12.2010 23:01, C Erler wrote: > Ahh, thank you for the explanation :). That helps to make aptitude much > more sensible to me. > > For those new to aptitude like me that aren't aware of what "-dbg" > signifies, I think there's some unnecessary ambiguity in that sentence, > as "contains" can mean either "also contains" (i.e., has all the > executables ready to go, but they're nicely unstripped) or "contains > only" (i.e., has debugging symbols only). I think the ambiguity could be > completely removed if the sentence you mentioned was changed to > something like "This package contains nothing but the debugging symbols > of other packages."
not always true. python-*-dbg packages contain both extensions for the python-dbg interpreter and debug information for extensions for the python interpreter. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689029 Title: openjdk-6-dbg has no executable files -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
