On 22-Apr-07, 17:29 (CDT), Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 04:40:45PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > On 22-Apr-07, 16:22 (CDT), Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Because segfaults are often not easily reproduced. Having the ability to
> > > analyse a crash that occured when the user did not have the -dbg
> > > packages installed is not possible unless you have the original symbols
> > > the compiler created.
> >
> > That's an argument in favor of making the base library package built
> > with debug symbols and then stripped[1], not of requiring -dbg packages.
>
> Maybe you should take a look at what dh_strip and -dbg packages do. It
> strips the debug symbols and puts it in a seperate file that's put in
> /usr/lib/debug. You put those files with debug symbols only in the -dbg
> package.
>
> This means that you can just install the -dbg package and gdb will
> automaticly pick up the debug symbols, without needing to rebuild
> anything.
Ah, thanks for clarifying. This makes more sense than what I was
(mis-)understanding.
Steve
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