On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:09:34AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > "Nelson A. de Oliveira" <nao...@debian.org> writes: > >> README.Debian to explain how programs are used". Please provide > > > > The problem here is that we have a lot of -dbg packages on Debian > > Do we need the same README file on all of them? > > > > ...the package maintainer is responsible in helping the user to get a > > backtrace ... Or at least an explanation in the gdb package only. > > Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> writes: > > > Once the -dbg packages are installed: > > $ gdb /usr/bin/convert > > > > The rest is down to the gdb manpage, no? > > > > gdb does all the work of locating /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/convert, hence > > all such files are mode 0644. > > > > That is down to the gdb manpage, not every single -dbg package in the > > entire archive IMHO. There are other sources of info too, like the Wiki. > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace > > In latest lintian, a message was added that warned about missing > > debian/REAADME.source > > in order to document the used patch system (dpatch, quilt etc.).
It is for documenting more than just the patch system. Refer to policy's description[0] for the full details. > It > could have been be argued that this information were already available > in the manual pages. It has, which is why the README.source is supposed to refer back to the patch system's documentation instead of duplicating it. [0] - http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-readmesource -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <james...@debian.org>
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