Matt Zimmerman writes ("Bug#83924: upgrading-checklist.text should mention
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS specifically"):
> upgrading-checklist.text states:
>
> - By default executables should not be built with the debugging
> option -g. Instead, it is recommended to support building the
> package with debugging information optionally.
Why does it say this ?
IMO the right thing to do is to always build with -g and strip at
`install' time (ie, when the programs are copied into the debian/tmp
directory, before dpkg-deb is run).
Ian.
