Re: debcheck and Suggests dbgsym packages
On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 02:16:51PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 12:11:28PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 12:04:24PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > > Even if debcheck learnt about the debian-debug archive, I'd still
> > > > consider a package from the main archive having Suggests to a package
> > > > from the debug archive something weird.
> > >
> > > So are you suggesting I move pari-gp-dbgsym back to main ? Would the
> > > FTP masters allow that ? (pari-gp-dbgsym used to be named pari-gp-dbg
> > > and be in main).
> >
> > Actually, I'd suggest you just drop that Suggest. What usefulness is it
> > bringing anyway to your average user, suggesting them to intsall debug
> > symbols? Is it something so common for this package to have to debug
> > its activity?
>
> This package suggest to install _another_ package debug symbol, not its
> own.
>
> pari-gp2c includes a script gp2c-dbg that allows to debug GP programs with
> gdb. For gdb to be able to display usable information,
> pari-gp-dbgsym is needed.
If you want a precedent, gdb Recommends libc-dbg for similar reason.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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