On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 10:52:18AM +0200, Christoph Martin wrote: > Hi Kurt, > > Kurt Roeckx schrieb: > > > > The -dbg package is just stripped out debug symbols moved to a > > different file/package. Installing the debug package doesn't > > change the normal library, it's just that the debugger can know > > found the debug symbols. The library just has a special header > > saying where the debug symbols are. > > The idea was to only compile the -dbg package with valgrind support, so > that the normal library would not be changed. If someone would like to > use valgrind to check his program he would just use the -dbg library.
In that case we'll have to build things twice as much as now, and it's not that easy to debug something by just installing the -dbg package and getting the symbols. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
