On Tuesday, February 11 2025, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 11.02.25 um 12:26 schrieb Michael Biebl: >> # apt install gdb >> Installing: >> gdb >> Installing dependencies: >> libbabeltrace1 libc6-dbg libsource-highlight-common >> libsource-highlight4t64 >> Vorgeschlagene Pakete: >> gdb-doc gdbserver >> REMOVING: >> gdb-minimal >> Summary: >> Upgrading: 0, Installing: 5, Removing: 1, Not Upgrading: 1 >> Download size: 15,2 MB >> Space needed: 49,0 MB / 166 GB available >> So, it is possible that the gdb binary package itself is not that >> much >> larger, but accounting for all dependencies, it indeed is. >> > > Looking at this a bit more closely: > > gdb-minimal: installed size 10,5 M > > gdb: installed size 40,1 M + 29,6 M > libbabeltrace: installed size + 0,6 M > libc6-dbg: installed size + 17,2 M > libsource-highlight4t64: installed size + 1,3 M > libsource-highlight-common: installed size + 0,3 M > ======== > 49,0 M > > So contrary to the NEWS entry, the gdb binary package is not 1 M > larger, but 29,6 M, or put in other terms: 3x as large. > > As desktop environments like Plasma depend on gdb, it would be great > to have the gdb-minimal package back.
Thank you for taking the time to file this bug report. I really don't want to bring the gdb-minimal package back; I believe it should not have been created in the first place, and I don't like the idea of shipping things that don't fully work (because they're stripped down) to our users. However, what I intend to do is: - Reintroduce the gdb-multiarch package. I understand that debugging multiarch programs can be considered a corner case, so I'm OK with the idea of not shipping it to everyone. - Demote libc-dbg from Recommends to Suggests. There's no reason why we should recommend this package, especially now with the advent of debuginfod. Eventually I intend to stop suggesting libc-dbg altogether. This should be enough to reduce the installed size of GDB to acceptable levels. Thanks, -- Sergio GPG key ID: 237A 54B1 0287 28BF 00EF 31F4 D0EB 7628 65FC 5E36 Please send encrypted e-mail if possible https://sergiodj.net/
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