❦ 11 octobre 2016 10:38 CEST, Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> : >> Reading >> https://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide#Building_python_-dbg_packages, >> there is some hints to this > > The introduction of ‘foo-dbgsym’ automatic generated packages makes me > quite sure those instructions are obsolete. But perhaps they are not? > >> but it's not clear that only automatic debug packages work for Python >> packages. Would it make sense to update the wiki page and say "don't >> migrate to dbgsym packages as Python needs debug extensions and not >> only debug symbols"? > > Reading that reference again, I am not much wiser. It does not reference > ‘foo-dbgsym’ packages so the reader doesn't know which instructions are > to be followed. > > Could someone who understands *why* ‘foo-dbgsym’ is not sufficient, > please update the wiki page to be explicit about what is special to > Python and under what specific circumstances we still need ‘foo-dbg’ > packages. The page seems up-to-date and already explains why Python is different (presence of a debug interpreter) and that the -dbg package contains the symbols for the regular extensions as well as the unstripped extensions for the debug interpreter. -- When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. -- Dylan Thomas
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