On 15/02/13 09:11, Platonides wrote: > On 14/02/13 18:26, Faidon Liambotis wrote: >> Ubuntu has experimented in the past with the concept of automatically >> generating and shipping symbols for *all* packages, packaged up in a >> "ddeb"s (same format as .deb) and shipped via a different repository >> that isn't mirrored by all of the downstream mirrors. >> >> This was years ago, I'm not sure what has happened since then. I >> remember being discussed in Debian as well, but it was never adopted, >> probably because noone ever implemented it :) > > Good question. There are a few bugs and blueprints about it, and they > show as *implemented*
Yes, it's implemented and works well. I use it on Wikimedia servers when I need debug symbols for stock packages. My only gripe is that it would be nice to have awareness of the feature in higher-level tools like apt and synaptic, to allow installation of the debug symbols of any package without slowing down "apt-get update" or cluttering up the synaptic package list. I'm thinking something similar to "apt-get source". The Debian habit of adding -dbg packages to some fraction of binary packages also clutters the package list, but with an architecture that makes apt/synaptic support unlikely. For packages that we build ourselves, it's easier to just disable stripping. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
