Re: [PATCH] package.bbclass: add debug-without-src PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE

[Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>]

On 3/12/13 10:28 AM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 12 March 2013 04:24, Martin Jansa <martin.jansa@gmail.com> wrote:
>> * same as original and default version, but does not package source files in PN-dbg
>
> You can mark this as closing
> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3621, which would be
> good for my bug list.  Richard had concerns that he listed in the bug,
> so having done tests and demonstrating that the loss of source doesn't
> impact the usefulness of the debug files would be good.

I am curious as to the use of the dbg package (w/o) source on the target system.

In my experience, the dbg binaries are useless without the associated source. 
Most of the people I know either use an on-target debugger or a cross debugger, 
both of which need the associated sources to tell you anything about what is 
going on.

For someone who just wants pure backtrace information, it's usually easier to 
avoid the whole split-and-strip process that generates the dbg files.  But of 
course this can sacrifice the usefulness of being able to do field debugging.

(Note, I'm not against the patch.. it looks fine to me... I just don't 
understand the usefulness..  other then the associated defect says they are "too 
big", which again, I don't doubt.)

--Mark

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