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Re: *-dbg packages and lack of documentation



Russ Allbery wrote:
You're supposed to just run gdb.  The whole point of detached debugging
symbols is that you don't have to do anything special at all; debugging
now just works.

I see. That's is good (and seems to work), but,

$ file /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/audacious
/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/audacious: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, not stripped

$ file /usr/bin/audacious
/usr/bin/audacious: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, stripped

Kind of implies that it is an executable and at least I became confused. A single sentence README would address the confusion of the ignorant!

- Adam


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