Re: -dbg packages

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* 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"?

> (unless invoked with --no-dbg-cleaning)

Uh? My dh_python2 doesn't have such option.

> 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?

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

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Jakub Wilk