On 2009-08-10, Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10 2009, Sune Vuorela wrote: > >> On 2009-08-10, Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> wrote: >>> I would also add that the debug symbols should live in >>> "/usr/lib/debug/" . /full/path/to/lib_or_binary, blessing the current >>> practice. >> >> You are missing the new features of build-id as written earlier by >> insisting on this. > > Please, Do enlighten me.
>From earlier in this thread: |instead of objcopy and stuff people current do, either manually or with |the help of dh_strip and wrap it in a foo-dbg.deb by using the |.gnu_debuglink to and the expected paths by gdb and friends on where to |find it, instead use the newfangled build id and put it in a appropriate |hashed directory structure, as gdb and friends also are able to pick up, |and then wrap it in a foo.ddeb package. | |There is nothing actually magic in it, except making it easy to use, but |for more technical details, |see the --build-id option to ld(1) for more details about what build-id is |and the gdb manual chapter 15.2 for more info about debugging |information in seperate files. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.general/143053 /Sune -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
