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Re: compiling packages



On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 03:29 +0200, Oliver Block wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I am not very familiar with the debian developer tools. How to
> recompile a package with debuggin option (gcc -g)?

1. Change the Makefile and/or debian/rules as necessary to add -g to the
compilation options.

2. In debian/rules, comment out the instruction to strip the binaries
(such as dh_strip).

Packages are too diverse to give a method that will work for every one.

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