Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] build: preserve debug symbols with --enable-debug-info

[Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>]

25.09.2014 14:49, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
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> Perhaps package maintainers rely on installed binaries not having debug
> symbols?

Package maintainer can and _should_ watch for changes in new releases
and update their packages to accomodate changes made upstream.

> It's common to split the debug symbols into separate ELF files that are
> shipped in a different package (qemu-debuginfo or similar).

We was thinking about shipping these in debian (currently we don't
build with debug info enabled), but it turned out to be rather problematic
due to amount of binaries and size of the symbols.  I still consider
enabling debug info for at least x86 system targets (as most widely
used).  Either way, in debian we strip executables outside of upstream
build system usually.

> If you make this change and packagers are unaware, they could
> accidentally ship qemu packages that contain the full debug symbols in
> the binaries.

And it will be their problem entirely, especially if they wont notice
the size difference :)  No, really, this is not something an upstream
should think too much about.

Thanks,

/mjt