Re: Why -g flag?

1999-02-22 Thread John Goerzen
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Strange. I usually debug binaries compiled with -O2 -g, and I've > never had any problems doing so. How could it be "all but useless" > for you? Because -O2 can cause the compiler to reorder instructions, move some things out of loops, etc. Steppi

Re: Is the dependency rule distribution-wise?

1999-02-22 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Martin Schulze wrote: > You're right, but the overrides file and the control file should be in > sync, otherwise it won't make sense to have the - not used anyway - priority > listed in the control file. Thus I assume that the ftp masters notice > when priorities mismatch and can react.

Re: Why -g flag?

1999-02-22 Thread Richard Braakman
Joseph Carter wrote: > Even -O -g is all but useless. For epic, I am building -O2 -Wall and -g > -Wall versions. In fact, I'm packaging them both too. epic4-dbg will > divert epic4's bins. I thought about alternatives, but diversions of > just the bins seems more right logically. Strange. I u

Re: Is the dependency rule distribution-wise?

1999-02-22 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Brian White wrote: > Thus, if you can do it just by causing the "Packages" file to be generated > with the new priorities (which I believe you can), then it's okay by me. > And, since it's easy to test just by doing a diff between the old and > new "Packages" files, the chance

Re: Is the dependency rule distribution-wise?

1999-02-22 Thread Brian White
> > A priority change is not changing "too much", it does not require to > > compile any package, and it does not make the package to be in another > > section (i.e. another directory), so not even automatic upgrade scripts > > would be confused about it. > > I agree with you. (Wow, you should ma

Re: Is the dependency rule distribution-wise?

1999-02-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Santiago Vila wrote: > > > If the dependency rule is to be considered "distribution-wise", ncurses3.4 > > > may not be made optional in a certain release until all the packages of > > > standard or higher priorities have been recompiled in the same release. > > > > Which means that when uploading

Re: Is the dependency rule distribution-wise?

1999-02-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Santiago Vila wrote: > On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > Santiago Vila wrote: > > > Regarding slink, it is not released yet. Is there a reason why we should > > > not try to have correct priorities for slink? (You seem to imply that > > > priorities in slink should not be fixed, I w

Re: Is the dependency rule distribution-wise?

1999-02-22 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Martin Schulze wrote: > Santiago Vila wrote: > > > > If the dependency rule is to be considered "distribution-wise", ncurses3.4 > > may not be made optional in a certain release until all the packages of > > standard or higher priorities have been recompiled in the same relea

Re: Is the dependency rule distribution-wise?

1999-02-22 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Martin Schulze wrote: > Santiago Vila wrote: > > Regarding slink, it is not released yet. Is there a reason why we should > > not try to have correct priorities for slink? (You seem to imply that > > priorities in slink should not be fixed, I would call *that* a "new > > theor

Re: Why -g flag?

1999-02-22 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 01:47:11PM +0100, Gergely Madarasz wrote: > > >- The installed binary is stripped and fully optimized. > > >- It's easy to get an unstripped binary: just run debian/build, > > > no makefile tinkering necessary. > > >- The unstripped binary is useful for debu