On 05/25/2012 09:26 AM, Alexander Larsson wrote:
On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 13:20 -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 09:28:16AM +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote:
>> I'm at a loss to how to proceed with the MiniDebugInfo work. I have
>> patches to rpmbuild that creates the compressed minidebuginfo putting
>> them in the main binaries, and I have patches to gdb that reads the
>> compressed debuginfo on demand.
>>
>> However, the whole thing is useless unless we agree that we want to
>> enable this by default. It seems some people like the idea, whereas
>> others disagree that its worth the increased binary size. It doesn't
>> look like either side is gonna be able to convince the other side, so
>> how do we get to a decision here?
>>
>
> Just go do it. See who actually shows up to stop you.
To actually get the debuginfo in the builds all I need is a minor patch
to the find-debuginfo.sh script in rpm-build. However, since the effect
of it is global it seems to me that its a wider decision than just the
maintainer of rpm-build.
As long as the behavior is optional and configurable, just send the
patch to rpm-maint and we'll see. Fedora isn't the only consumer of rpm,
and somebody else might find it useful regardless of whether Fedora
wants to enable the thing or not.
- Panu -