Package: debhelper
Version: 13.2.1
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@joshtriplett.org
Packages can ship Python scripts in
/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/${lib_path}-gdb.py to provide extensions for
gdb to help debug programs that use that library. For instance,
/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.28-gdb.py
gets loaded when debugging a program using
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.28 .
These files are needed only when debugging programs using those
libraries. Thus, it makes sense to put them in -dbgsym packages, because
they're desirable on exactly the systems that want the -dbgsym packages:
a system that wants to debug a program using the corresponding library.
Could (a new compat level of) debhelper install files named
/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/${some_library_path}-gdb.py into the -dbgsym
package corresponding to the package that installs ${some_library_path}?
In addition, some packages want to import additional scripts from that
auto-load file, so it'd be helpful to be able to provide a list of
additional files to put in the -dbgsym package.
Thanks,
Josh Triplett
