Package: gdb Version: 7.10-1 Severity: wishlist Control: block -1 by 798401
(do read and fix the blocking bug first) Dear Maintainer, Since it is considered RC buggy to have gdb scripts that don't work with both versions of GDB, it would be hugely useful if they could be installed at the same time. You can use the `update-alternatives` mechanism to select which gdb gets the main name. The contents of the packages are very similar, I do not anticipate any fundamental problems, just packaging ones. I would guess you want to split out a `gdb-data` package used by both. (Bikeshed: `gdb-common`?) If you reject the creation of a new `gdb-data` package, you should change `gdb-multiarch` and `gdb-mingw-w64` to depend on `gdb | gdb-python2`. I have commented the below diff, and also <snip>ped some similar lines, though note that it is somewhat wrong because of the blocking bug. BEGIN DIFF # extract both .deb files ... $ diff -sr gdb-python2 gdb-python3 # Bug in gdb-python2, should be common Only in gdb-python3: etc # Bug in gdb-python2, should be common Only in gdb-python3/usr/bin: gcore Only in gdb-python3/usr/bin: gdb-add-index # Bug in gdb-python2, should be common or named gdb-python2tui Only in gdb-python3/usr/bin: gdbtui # Grave bug, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798401 Files gdb-python2/usr/bin/gdb and gdb-python3/usr/bin/gdb are identical # Bug in gdb-python2 - it should not ship this directory at all Only in gdb-python3/usr/share/doc/gdb: <snip> # Bug in gdb-python2, should be in /usr/share/doc/gdb-python2/ or not at all Files gdb-python2/usr/share/doc/gdb/check.log.gz and gdb-python3/usr/share/doc/gdb/check.log.gz are identical # Okay Only in gdb-python2/usr/share/doc: gdb-python2 # Okay, should be common Files under gdb-python2/usr/share/gdb/<snip> and gdb-python3/usr/share/gdb/<snip> are identical # Okay, should be common # Note that gdb.1.gz is shipped in gdb-doc which is non-free due to stupid reasons. Files gdb-python2/usr/share/man/man1/gcore.1.gz and gdb-python3/usr/share/man/man1/gcore.1.gz are identical # Okay Only in gdb-python3/usr/share/menu: gdb Only in gdb-python2/usr/share/menu: gdb-python2 END DIFF -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386, powerpc, arm64, armhf Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages gdb depends on: ii libbabeltrace-ctf1 1.2.4-1 ii libbabeltrace1 1.2.4-1 ii libc6 2.19-19 ii libexpat1 2.1.0-7 ii liblzma5 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2.1 ii libncurses5 6.0+20150810-1 ii libpython3.4 3.4.3-7 ii libreadline6 6.3-8+b3 ii libtinfo5 6.0+20150810-1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 Versions of packages gdb recommends: ii gdbserver 7.10-1 ii libc6-dbg [libc-dbg] 2.19-19 Versions of packages gdb suggests: ii gdb-doc 7.6.2-1 -- no debconf information
