[NTLUG:Discuss] debuginfo in rpm repositories

[Burton Strauss]

Big size makes more sense - if it's a complete package.  The tiny ones could
be small add-ons to a given package, maybe replacing one file with a debug
version.

Check the page where you got them from - it ought to explain what's what.  

If it doesn't, you should seriously consider whether it's a good idea to
install binaries you've got no clues about from marginal sources ... 

-----Burton

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
Of Peter A. Koren
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:06 AM
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Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] debuginfo in rpm repositories

On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 08:21 -0500, Burton Strauss wrote:
> Means it's built with debugging information.  This could be as simple 
> as the -g flag to gcc (quoting the man page):
> 
>        GCC has various special options that are used for debugging 
> either your program or GCC:
> 
>        -g  Produce debugging information in the operating system's 
> native format (stabs, COFF, XCOFF, or DWARF 2).  GDB can work
>            with this debugging information. 
>          ...
> 
> Or it could be a #define in the code.
> 
> 
> Usually if you don't have problems and aren't involved w/ the 
> development, you don't bother with the debugging release.
> 
> -----Burton
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On 
> Behalf Of Peter A. Koren
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 6:55 AM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] debuginfo in rpm repositories
> 
> What is the purpose of binary rpm packages in repositories with the
> form:
> 
> thepackage-debuginfo-whatever.i386
> 
> as opposed to
> 
> thepackage-whatever.i386 ?
> 

What confuses me is that some of the debuginfo rpms were of trivial size,
far smaller then the regular rpm. But for lyx on one of the repositories,
the debuginfo version was 3 to 4 times larger than the straight lyx rpm.


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