On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:50:09PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Niko Tyni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hm, dh_shlibdeps prunes /usr/lib/debug when looking for ELF executables. > > This was apparently done when adding support for split debugging symbols > > files: see #215670. > > > > This looks like a bug to me, since /usr/lib/debug is used for "real" > > unstripped libraries too. Just filed #461339 on debhelper. > > Hm, perhaps you should instead file a bug against any package (other than > libc6) which uses /usr/lib/debug for real unstripped libraries. Shouldn't > everyone use detached debugging symbols now, or is there really enough > utility in building a separate debugging version libraries to warrant the > additional user complexity of using them?
I understand from Matthias that Python modules benefit noticeably from a separate debugging build. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]