Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kernel-image-2.6.17-10-generic-di
An excellent debugging tool, SystemTap is available in universe yet there is no way to make use of it without recompiling an ubuntu kernel. >From http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/SystemtapOnDebian : Debian kernels do not contain debug information and there is no automatic way of installing or producing separate -dbg packages as RedHat has. Thus, there is no escape: you will have to manually configure and build a new kernel image package. It may help to lobby the Debian kernel-package maintainers, for example via debian bug #365349. So SystemTap is completely worthless without debuginfo in the Ubuntu kernel. Fedora / RHEL enable this by default so why can't Ubuntu? Maybe SystemTap (package stap) should just be removed from the repository since there is no way to make use of it. ** Affects: acpi (upstream) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Affects: Debian Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #365349 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365349 ** Also affects: Debian via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365349 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- No debug info in the kernel makes tools like systemtap worthless https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115830 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
