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Re: -dbg packages



[Jakub Wilk, 2011-08-10]
> * Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>, 2011-08-10, 10:39:
> >>I remember a discussion about dh_python2 supporting -dbg packages
> >>here. Therefore, I was thinking that it could handle some steps,
> >>like dependencies (in ${python:Depends}) and install (keep only
> >>debug files).
> >
> >dh_python2 cleans -dbg packages
> 
> What do you mean by "clean"?

removes everything except .so and .h files from public directories
 
> >(unless invoked with --no-dbg-cleaning)
> 
> Uh? My dh_python2 doesn't have such option.

ah, right, not released yet, will be uploaded soon
 
> >and adds dependencies to ${python:Depends}, yes
> 
> What exactly it puts into python:Depends? I know it puts -dbg
> interpreter there, but what about stuff from requires.txt?

requires.txt is removed (as all other files in .egg-info) so there's
nothing to add

> Also, it means that you should use "Recommends: ${python:Depends}"
> for your -dbg package. Yay.

why?
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