| Jeff Abrahamson on 4 Feb 2006 01:40:17 -0000 |
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On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 01:16:21AM +0000, Stephen Gran wrote: > [20 lines, 177 words, 1262 characters] Top characters: -aetsonr > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 07:04:31PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson said: > > By default debian installs apps and libraries with symbols and other > > debug info stripped. I'm sure this saves a miniscule bit of disk > > space and load time, but is there a good reason for this as a default? > > Yes, several, but they are the usual boring space-saving and > optimization arguments that you are familiar with already. Most > packages ship a -dbg package that contains the stripped debugging > symbols for exactly the reasons yuo are outlining, though, so when you > have a particular application crash, the debug symbols are usually an > apt-get away. Not all by any means, but due to some recent package > building toolchain feature additions, it has just become trivial to do > so, so expect more and more packages to do this. Cool, thanks. I don't suppose it's also become trivial to specify that I'd like dependency resolution preferentially to cause installation of the -dbg versions? ;-) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Stephen Gran | Every nonzero finite dimensional inner | > | steve@lobefin.net | product space has an orthonormal basis. | > | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | It makes sense, when you don't think | > | | about it. | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- So true. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> +1 215/837-2287 GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B Attachment:
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