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Re: Automatic Debug Packages



Manoj Srivastava dijo [Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:12:00AM -0500]:
> On Tue, Aug 11 2009, Roger Leigh wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 01:40:20PM +0000, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> >> On 2009-08-11, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:
> >> >         So, we would still need to create   "/usr/lib/debug/"
> >> >  . /full/path/to/lib_or_binary/ in either case, and instead of the
> >> 
> >> no. it would be /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/NN/NNNNNN.debug
> >                                  ^
> > Why the need for a hidden directory in a public location?
> > What's wrong with /usr/lib/debug/build-id?
> >
> > I don't think the unnecessary obfuscation is warranted.
> 
>         Because that is where gdb looks for them.

Umh, and for human joy, adding a symlink at
/usr/lib/debug/lib_or_binary_with_slashes_substituted_by_underscores
to it would be most welcome!

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