Hi Josheph, On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 07:31:58PM -0700, Joseph Herlant wrote: > Package: developers-reference > Version: 3.4.21 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > Based on the man page of dh_strip[1], "the `--dbg-package` option is a > now special purpose option that you normally do not need" which > contradicts with the paragraph 6.7.9. )Best practices for debug > packages) of the developers reference. > > If I understand correctly we should say smoething like the wiki [3] says: > If you use debhelper/9.20151219 or newer in Debian, it will generate > debug symbol packages (as <package>-dbgsym) for you with no additional > changes to your source package. > If you want to transition from a former -dbg package to a -dbgsym > package you might want to look into the dh_strip's switch > --dbgsym-migration=pkgname-dbg (<< currentversion~)' switch. > > Am I correct assuming that it's the right thing to recommend? > > If yes, I'll go ahead and do a merge request for that. I think that would be great; my (related) merge request https://salsa.debian.org/debian/developers-reference/merge_requests/7 misses the information what to do when you mirgrate from manual to automatic debug packages. If you could extend this MR, that would be great ;-) TIA! Cheers, tobi Thanks a lot! > Thanks > Joseph > > 1. https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/debhelper/dh_strip.1.en.html > 2. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch06.html > 3. https://wiki.debian.org/DebugPackage >
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