Bastien ROUCARIES:
Le sam. 8 oct. 2022 à 11:00, Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> a écrit :
Hi,
[...]
2) We now have a debuginfod service, so you do not even have to install
dbgsym packages anymore (if you configure gdb to use it). For the
cases where you do install the dbgsym, you still have to manage
inter-source dbgsym dependencies manually
The second point make me unease... I often debug without an stable internet
connection (embeded).
The gdb tool support caching them so you do not have to re-download them
everytime (see
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69290986/gdb-keeps-downloading-debug-info).
Additionally, we still have a script in debian-goodies to help you
identify all the dbgsyms you need if you want to download them ahead of
time (and it even covers inter-source dependencies). This script works
the same with or without the dependency and lists all dbgsyms relevant.
Personally, I do not see a sound argument here for keeping the
dependency, so at the moment I am still in the "Lets remove the
dependency camp".
As a debhelper maintainer, I willing to either keep the status quo and
close the bug as wontfix or close the bug by removing the dependencies.
If you hoping for another outcome, I expect you to be ready to put the
effort and patches required to reach the outcome.
I think wontfix is the way to go but document also in devref...
Bastien
[...]
Note: Assuming we end up with status quo (I am still in the "Drop the
dependency"-camp atm.), then I will leave it to you to do the devref
change if you want it. At least, I am not signing up for changing
devref over this.
Thanks,
~Niels
