Raul Miller wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 02:52:59PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > This is why I think a suggestion is too weak. You can equally well remove > > the suggestion, because I can't rely on it and have to check always if a > > package follows the policy suggestion or does it differently. > > No. > > You can always build with DEB_DEBUG_OPTIONS=debug and expect that the > executables created will have debug symbols. This is already true even > without this policy being implemented.
This is true now, but with the proposal of Ben implemented, we have the following sentence: > If you want users to be able > to rebuild your package with debugging information easily, the suggested > way is to use the ``DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS'' environment variable. This means, packages may choose other ways to specify "build with debug symbols", and I can´t be sure any longer what to do to get debug symbols (in cases where they are supported). This is what I am concerned about. Either we write down a standard way in policy and make it mandatory (for packages which support it), or we forget about it. Am I missing something? Thanks, Marcus
