Re: Bug#545782: imagemagick-dbg: missing README.Debian to explain how programs are used
"Nelson A. de Oliveira" <naoliv@debian.org> writes:
>> README.Debian to explain how programs are used". Please provide
>
> The problem here is that we have a lot of -dbg packages on Debian
> Do we need the same README file on all of them?
>
> ...the package maintainer is responsible in helping the user to get a
> backtrace ... Or at least an explanation in the gdb package only.
Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> writes:
> Once the -dbg packages are installed:
> $ gdb /usr/bin/convert
>
> The rest is down to the gdb manpage, no?
>
> gdb does all the work of locating /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/convert, hence
> all such files are mode 0644.
>
> That is down to the gdb manpage, not every single -dbg package in the
> entire archive IMHO. There are other sources of info too, like the Wiki.
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace
In latest lintian, a message was added that warned about missing
debian/REAADME.source
in order to document the used patch system (dpatch, quilt etc.). It
could have been be argued that this information were already available
in the manual pages.
I think the the added check in lintian was a good thing and that it had
an impact in making used patching system more explicit.
It would be good if something similar were adopted to *-dbg packages as
well. The best would be to simply point to a location where this
information would be available, like the Wiki you mentioned:
http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace
If this is not mentioned in the package itself, this information is not
readily available.
Jari
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