Re: Debug packages cluttering the archive
On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 22:33:53 -0700, Joel Aelwyn <fenton@debian.org>
wrote:
>1) It would become possible (I'm not sure if it would be *sane*) to
>include debugging information for all binaries and libraries in a fairly
>straightforward manner - and one which could target a directory that, like
>/usr/share/doc or others, can safely be purged by the local admin if they
>don't want the disk bloat.
I would not like to see this in Debian before dpkg can be configured
to exclude subtrees (like /usr/share/doc, for example) from
installation.
Greetings
Marc
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