Hello everybody,
as I'm running unstable I sometimes find bugs in applications. Now it would be
very nice if there was some way to get the matching debug information for the
packages, so gdb could print a better backtrace, or eg. show exactly which
line segfaults.
Currently I'd have to recompile the packages myself, and installing them over
the debian files - which is, depending on the package and its prerequisites,
a major hazzle.
How about compiling all programs with debugging information, and strip them
into a "-dbginfo" package, or something likewise for "apt-get source"? Like
the "-dev" packages only people who think they need them would install them.
This would be a good help for determining the location of problems, and would
cost the debian maintainers not so much.
Other ideas?
Regards,
Phil
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