Hi Sebastiaan, Il 15/08/2017 21:23, Sebastiaan Couwenberg ha scritto: > On 08/15/2017 09:13 PM, Antonio Valentino wrote: >>> Why are the -dbg packages included in the Build-Depends? >>> >>> Which part of the build process requires debug symbols? >> >> Re-enabled packages python-epr-dbg and python3-epr-dbg need to be built >> with the -dbg version of the interpreter. >> See also discussion [1] and the RC bug #872239 [2]. >> >> [1] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-science-maintainers/2017-August/052374.html >> [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872239 > > These discussions only elaborate why the -dbg packages are preferred > over automatic -dbgsym packages. > > They don't provide a justification for the need to build a package with > -dbg packages installed.
If I'm not wrong, the -dbg version of the interpreter is binary incompatible with the standard one. For this reason the -dbg version of each extension have to be built against the corresponding -dbg version of the interpreter. > The debug packages are mostly for users to install when they need > troubleshoot an issue with gdb. > > Kind Regards, > > Bas > -- Antonio Valentino _______________________________________________ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel
