On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 06:43:22PM +0200, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le vendredi 30 juin 2006 à 17:38 +0200, Mike Hommey a écrit : > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 04:16:40PM +0200, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Python-support already checks the md5sums of the files to install, but > > > it excludes the .so because files are moved to /usr/share and it would > > > violate the FHS. I also thought this would never happen. > > > > > > I can add the handling of this case by putting them e.g. > > > in /usr/lib/python-support/python-foo/all/. > > > > What if, let's say, python 2.3 and 2.4 versions are identical, but 2.5 > > is different ? > > > > Also, don't forget the files are different until they are stripped. So > > the basis for differenciation shouldn't be an md5sum... > > It's kind of chicken-and-egg problem. If dh_pysupport is run before > dh_strip, it won't detect this similarity. If it is run after dh_strip, > it won't be possible to use dh_strip --dbg-package as gdb wouldn't be > able to find the symbols at their final location. > > If the case is sporadic enough, I guess we should just let go or handle > the case by hand. If it is not, I can try to modify python-support so > that it moves files in /usr/lib/debug as well, but it's kind of ugly.
Or you could compare all ELF sections except .debug.* or something along these lines. Or strip in a temporary directory, but that'd mean the stripping work would be done twice... Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
