[pyepr] 01/02: Restore -dbg packages

[Antonio Valentino]

Hi Sebastiaan,

Il 15/08/2017 21:23, Sebastiaan Couwenberg ha scritto:
> On 08/15/2017 09:13 PM, Antonio Valentino wrote:
>>> Why are the -dbg packages included in the Build-Depends?
>>>
>>> Which part of the build process requires debug symbols?
>>
>> Re-enabled packages python-epr-dbg and python3-epr-dbg need to be built
>> with the -dbg version of the interpreter.
>> See also discussion [1] and the RC bug #872239 [2].
>>
>> [1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-science-maintainers/2017-August/052374.html
>> [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872239
> 
> These discussions only elaborate why the -dbg packages are preferred
> over automatic -dbgsym packages.
> 
> They don't provide a justification for the need to build a package with
> -dbg packages installed.

If I'm not wrong, the -dbg version of the interpreter is binary
incompatible with the standard one.
For this reason the -dbg version of each extension have to be built
against the corresponding -dbg version of the interpreter.

> The debug packages are mostly for users to install when they need
> troubleshoot an issue with gdb.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Bas
> 


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Antonio Valentino