On Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 05:42:40PM +0000, John Scott wrote: > I have discovered from reading > https://docs.webkit.org/Build%20%26%20Debug/DebuggingOnTheCommandLine.html > that WebKit, like many major projects, has Python scripts for GDB > and LLDB to enhance the experience of debugging WebKit. [...] This > should be installed in a way so that GDB can discover it.
Hello and thanks for the bug report. I think that one problem with this is that the Debian WebKit packages are not really meant for debugging or development; they are only for users to provide more information when they report bugs. We purposely build WebKit with the bare minimum of debugging symbols (-g1) because the packages are otherwise too big. You cannot provide a lot of debugging information with those but I think it's usually good enough. See also #1032445. > The biggest hurdle here is that none of these files are shipped in > the WebKitGTK source tarball that is generated. The other problem is this one, yes. > Perhaps folks using these features so far are mostly doing new > development on WebKit itself from a Git checkout Yes, everyone working on the project uses a Git checkout because (among other things) it comes with a lot of development tools and scripts that are essential to the workflow. The source tarballs are only meant for downstreams to build their own binaries. Berto
