Re: remove dbg and dev packages

[Jaap de Jong <jaap.dejong@nedap.com>]

On 03/19/2012 04:54 PM, Mark Hatle wrote:
> On 3/16/12 3:54 AM, Jaap de Jong wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> is there an option (in local.conf?) to not build (or not add to the
>> repository of) the dbg and dev packages?
> You have to build the dev packages, otherwise you can't (cross) compile the
> software in the development environment.
Clear!

> The dbg packages are optional, but if you disable them then things may or may
> not be stripped and the filesizes on the target may increase.  (It's been a
> while since I tried it w/o dbg packages...)
Don't want that.

> Is there a reason why you don't want the dev and dbg packages to be generated?
> They should only be installed onto a target filesystem if you've requested them
> (or a package has a dependency on them).  Normal, non-dev, filesystems shouldn't
> be installed any of those components... if they are, there is a packaging bug in
> something.
The only simple reason is to keep the repository's and the Packages* 
files smaller.

Thanks for your comments!