"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 could have been be argued that this information were already available in the manual pages. I think the the added check in lintian was a good thing and that it had an impact in making used patching system more explicit. It would be good if something similar were adopted to *-dbg packages as well. The best would be to simply point to a location where this information would be available, like the Wiki you mentioned: http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace If this is not mentioned in the package itself, this information is not readily available. Jari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
