Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.21 Severity: normal Hi,
Based on the man page of dh_strip[1], "the `--dbg-package` option is a now special purpose option that you normally do not need" which contradicts with the paragraph 6.7.9. )Best practices for debug packages) of the developers reference. If I understand correctly we should say smoething like the wiki [3] says: If you use debhelper/9.20151219 or newer in Debian, it will generate debug symbol packages (as <package>-dbgsym) for you with no additional changes to your source package. If you want to transition from a former -dbg package to a -dbgsym package you might want to look into the dh_strip's switch --dbgsym-migration=pkgname-dbg (<< currentversion~)' switch. Am I correct assuming that it's the right thing to recommend? If yes, I'll go ahead and do a merge request for that. Thanks Joseph 1. https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/debhelper/dh_strip.1.en.html 2. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch06.html 3. https://wiki.debian.org/DebugPackage
