True. But I didn't say 'get rid of these symbols'. All I'd like to see
is the chance for me to install a version without symbols.
Michael
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas Koenig [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 1997 10:33 AM
>To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
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>Subject: Re: checker libs with debugging symbols
>
>Michael Meskes wrote:
>
>>Sorry but I disagree here. For a user who only wants to debug his own
>>program debugging symbols in the libraries are not needed.
>
>Let's take a look at the following program:
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>int main()
>{
> char buffer[20];
>
> gets(buffer);
> printf("%s",buffer);
> return 0;
>}
>
>If you feed it a line that's too long, the access violation will
>happen deep within the C library. Without debugging symbols, it's
>hard to know wether this is a bug in the C library (and there
>could be quite a few :-) or your program.
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>logarithmic diagram.
>
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