Re: dbgsym package in d/control?

[Tim Dengel <tim.dengel.debian@gmail.com>]

Hi Gert,

Am 22.04.2016 um 13:50 schrieb Gert Wollny:
> Did you add something like 
> 
>   deb http://debug.mirrors.debian.org/debian-debug unstable-debug main 
> 
> to your sources.list? Because I get a really long list of dbgsym
> packages. 

My mistake, I forgot to do that on my laptop. After copying
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/04-debian-debug.sources from my desktop I see a
lot of dbgsym packages too.

>> So can I ignore this warning and will the dbgsym package be available
>> in the archive when my package is uploaded or do I need to add the
>> dbgsym package to debian/control?
> 
> Yes, but my guess is that the packages that are listed in the d/control
> file go to the main archives, and those that are not listes go to the
> (new) mirrors for debug packages (where they belong). A confirmation
> from someone more knowledgeable would be nice though. 

Makes sense, so I think my question is answered now, I will just ignore
the warning.

Regards,
  Tim Dengel