Bug#798401: gdb-python2 does not actually link to python2, but python3

2016-05-29 Thread Ben Longbons
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 1:59 AM, Hector Oron wrote: > Please let me know your gdb-python2 use case, that'd be quite helpful. I certainly prefer the python3 version most of the time - by this point, the infelicities of python3 are well understood and fewer in number than those of python2. However

Bug#798401: gdb-python2 does not actually link to python2, but python3

2016-05-29 Thread Andreas Bombe
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 10:59:47AM +0200, Hector Oron wrote: > Thanks very much for the fix, it just came in the right time. I am > planning to prepare a GDB release soon and I was considering on > dropping gdb-python2. However, now that there seems to be interest on > it, I'd like to know what use

Bug#798401: gdb-python2 does not actually link to python2, but python3

2016-05-29 Thread Hector Oron
Hello Andreas and Ben, 2016-05-28 18:50 GMT+02:00 Andreas Bombe : > On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 12:59:06PM -0700, Ben Longbons wrote: >> The gdb-python2 package does not actually contain a version of gdb >> linked to python2. Rather, it is a byte-for-byte identical copy of the >> /usr/bin/gdb shipped

Bug#798401: gdb-python2 does not actually link to python2, but python3

2016-05-28 Thread Andreas Bombe
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 10:20:12AM -0700, Ben Longbons wrote: > Thanks, is there any chance you could look at the related-but-wishlist > bug 798405 while you have this package's debian/rules in your brain's > cache? The chance is rather low to be honest. Actually the bug was caused by duplicating

Bug#798401: gdb-python2 does not actually link to python2, but python3

2016-05-28 Thread Ben Longbons
Thanks, is there any chance you could look at the related-but-wishlist bug 798405 while you have this package's debian/rules in your brain's cache? -Ben On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Andreas Bombe wrote: > tags 798401 + patch > thanks > > On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 12:59:06PM -0700, Ben Longbons

Bug#798401: gdb-python2 does not actually link to python2, but python3

2016-05-28 Thread Andreas Bombe
tags 798401 + patch thanks On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 12:59:06PM -0700, Ben Longbons wrote: > The gdb-python2 package does not actually contain a version of gdb > linked to python2. Rather, it is a byte-for-byte identical copy of the > /usr/bin/gdb shipped in the gdb package, which links to python3.

Bug#798401: gdb-python2 does not actually link to python2, but python3

2015-09-08 Thread Ben Longbons
Package: gdb-python2 Version: 7.10-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, The gdb-python2 package does not actually contain a version of gdb linked to python2. Rather, it is a byte-for-byte identical copy of the /usr/bin/gdb shipped in the gdb package, which li