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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile

Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile
From: Robert Riebisch
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:45:52 +0100
Gerd Hoffmann wrote:

> No.  binutils and gdb can handle debuginfo being stored in separate
> files these days.  The usual packaging procedure is to install
> unstripped, then split away debuginfo to separate files for a separate
> package, so you end up with one $software and one $software-debuginfo
> package.  By default only $software is installed, but if needed you can
> install get debuginfo too without having to compile the package manually.
> 
> I'd tend to keep the default behavior to install stripped.  There should
> be an easy way out for packaging tools, they should be able to override
> the default without having to patch the Makefile(s).  Some configure
> script option should do the trick.

Agreed.

Robert Riebisch
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