Re: package stuck in unstable after switching to AutomaticDebugPackages

[Alex Mestiashvili <mailatgoogl@gmail.com>]

On 05/08/2016 09:00 PM, James Cowgill wrote:
> On Sun, 2016-05-08 at 19:57 +0100, James Cowgill wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, 2016-05-08 at 20:17 +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> gearmand package has stuck in unstable due to missing -dbg
>>> packages:
>>>
>>>  https://release.debian.org/migration/testing.pl?package=gearmand
>>>
>>> The debug packages were removed after switching to automatic debug
>>> packages [0].
>>>
>>> How do I force the migration ?  What is the right way to switch to
>>> automatic -dbgsym packages ?
>>
>> It's not migrating because the old dbg packages are still in sid.
>> Usually stuff like this is removed automatically by dak's auto
>> decrufter but apparently not this time.
>>
>> If you file a NBS removal bug against ftp.debian.org then the package
>> should migrate after the dbg packages are removed manually.
> 
> And you also should have a call to dh_strip --dbgsym-migration in your
> debian/rules (see dh_strip(1)). This wont prevent testing migration
> though.
> 
> James
> 

I see, thanks for the hint!

Best regards,
Alex