Package: libgtk2.0-dev Version: 2.4.14-2 Severity: normal
When I examined upgrading Gtk+ to 2.6.x yesterday, I got stopped by seeing it required 30MB more than the previous (2.4.x) version. After investigating I tracked this down to the libgtk2.0-dev package, which contains huge lib*.a files, far bigger than their equivalents in the 2.4 version. Those files must have been built with debug information, because I don't think Gtk has grown so much between 2.4 and 2.6 series. Debug libraries should go to libgtk2.0-dbg, not -dev. -dev should contain static libraries, but without debug info so they keep a reasonable size. Faulty version (since I didn't upgrade the report doesn't show useful info): 2.6.2-3 -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-k7-smp Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages libgtk2.0-dev depends on: ii libatk1.0-dev 1.8.0-4 Development files for the ATK acce ii libglib2.0-dev 2.6.2-1 Development files for the GLib lib ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.14-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libpango1.0-dev 1.8.0-3 Development files for the Pango ii libx11-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii pkg-config 0.15.0-4 Manage compile and link flags for ii xlibs-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System client library dev -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
