Dear maintainer, On Wed, 06 Dec 2023 02:05:07 +0200 Adrian Bunk <b...@debian.org> wrote:
For the usual case where debug symbols are only used when debugging in a debugger this is no problem, but valgrind-dbg is (like libc6-dbg) an exception:Package: valgrind Recommends: valgrind-dbg, gdb https://sources.debian.org/src/valgrind/1%3A3.20.0-2/debian/README.Debian/#L11-L16 Debian's valgrind package comes stripped of any debug symbols, which are provided by the valgrind-dbg package. Note that it's recommended to install such package because without those symbols valgrind may generate less helpful error messages in certain situations, or not work at all.
Do you agree with the submitter of this bug that the lack of debug symbols available via Recommends is a release critical bug? I'm not an experienced valgrind user, but with my Release Team member hat on, this looks a bit exaggerated. Hope to hear your opinion.
Without an exception for the freeze policy, fixing this bug by reintroducing the valgrind-dbg package is going to be extremely tight, given that it has to pass NEW and that the window for new binary packages closes on 2025-04-15.
Paul
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