Public bug reported: I use Ubuntu 17.10 and the following repositories
deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com artful main restricted universe multiverse deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com artful-updates main restricted universe multiverse apt-cache show libgps22-dbgsym Package: libgps22-dbgsym Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.16-4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libs Source: gpsd Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz <b...@debian.org> Installed-Size: 2 Depends: gpsd-dbg (= 3.16-4) Filename: pool/universe/g/gpsd/libgps22-dbgsym_3.16-4_amd64.ddeb Size: 1022 MD5sum: 1d37112d2fd16e2a681db8f50e8ca8c4 SHA1: 92f43bca66882fb12e1ceef36309fa19d45d6916 SHA256: 032a16623ed8ce848ce0681d32ca0239da5b32b96595b99a62576afbe29cb6f7 SHA512: 3378006b5af6527ab700b162aa561320672f317ecf5607efd0b64cac9e1b5c1c062aca8345987ed10c36ad81a37359bef7d45bba648c2ab3c6d5f8d7e82392be I see this after executing "apt-get download libgps22-dbgsym": a file libgps22-dbgsym_3.16-4_amd64.ddeb with the right size and hash. It is empty: dpkg -c libgps22-dbgsym_3.16-4_amd64.ddeb drwxrwxr-x root/root 0 2016-11-04 23:35 ./ I would like it to contain the debug symbols for libgps.so I would like the automated tools to not create empty debug packages ** Affects: gpsd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: pkg-create-dbgsym (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1730801 Title: [artful] package libgps22-dbgsym contains no files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpsd/+bug/1730801/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs