retitle 607034 Should have a better error message when gdb is not found by 
"iceweasel -g"
severity 607034 wishlist
thank

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:41:19PM -0800, Mark Hedges wrote:
> Package: iceweasel-dbg
> Version: 3.5.15-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> I installed iceweasel-dbg to test a problem.
> 
> hed...@maggie:~$ iceweasel -g
> /usr/bin/iceweasel: line 122: gdb: command not found

I don't agree iceweasel-dbg should depend on gdb. You actually don't
need gdb to get valuable information with iceweasel-dbg. GNOME's
bug-buddy, to name one, uses this information on crashes.

OTOH, reporting a better error would probably help.

Mike



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