Package: binutils Version: 2.16.1cvs20050902-1 Severity: normal I'm trying to get the -dbg packages for the xlibs and xserver in shape, but it appears that objcopy called via dh_strip is causing the debugging symbols to be lost.
The X files are built with the -g option in gcc. The files produced are suitably large (9 MB for libX11 for example, while the stripped version on my system is 850k or so). "file" confirms that the lib isn't stripped. I can run readelf --debug-dump on the stripped file and get nothing while I get tons of output from the unstripped file. Running objdump -g on the file however, produces no output other than telling me that it could find no recognized debugging information. Similarly, dh_strip uses objcopy with the --only-keep-debug switch to store the debugging info. The file that it creates for this for libx11 is 4k and also contains no symbols. I assume that a large chunk of the 8 meg difference between the stripped and unstripped versions of the lib should go in this file, and as such it should be larger. gdb also can't find any symbols in this file. I'm sorry that I don't know how to provide more info. I don't know much about the low level ELF stuff yet, so please let me know what sort of info or files I can provide to get this sorted out. Thanks James! - David Nusinow -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages binutils depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an binutils recommends no packages. -- debconf information: binutils/oformat_warning: * binutils/kernel_link_warning: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
