On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 06:14:46 +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 03:29 +0200, Oliver Block wrote: > > I am not very familiar with the debian developer tools. How to > > recompile a package with debuggin option (gcc -g)? > > 1. Change the Makefile and/or debian/rules as necessary to add -g to the > compilation options.
Per policy all binaries should be compiled with debugging information. > 2. In debian/rules, comment out the instruction to strip the binaries > (such as dh_strip). And most are going to support DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip (if they don't you could file a bug report). > Packages are too diverse to give a method that will work for every one. DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is supposedly that method. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
