Re: Support for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in rules files
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 07:35:01PM -0400, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> It appears to me that the method recommended in policy section
> 11.1 to support DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in the rules file requires the
> DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS variable to contain both `debug' and `nostrip' in
> order to generate a package with debugging information included.
>
> Is this correct and is this what is intended?
Yes; there is a reason why you might want to build with
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=debug: the executables in the package will then be
stripped, but the executables in the build tree will have debugging
symbols. Then if there is a need to run a core trace or debug
something, you can use the versions in the build tree without having
to recompile (which might change stuff).
Julian
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