[Mageia-dev] How to install a debug package with its dependencies?

Thu Sep 13 19:12:19 CEST 2012

Hi all,
+
+On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:56:07 -0700
+Pascal Terjan <pterjan at gmail.com> wrote:
+
+> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Guillaume Rousse
+> <guillomovitch at gmail.com> wrote:
+> > Le 13/09/2012 18:06, Phoenix Guo a écrit :
+> >
+> >> Hi All,
+> >>
+> >> Could someone kindly tell me that how to install a debug package
+> >> with its dependencies?
+> >
+> > There is not dependencies between debug packages, in the sense of
+> > 'debug package X need debug package Y to be used'.
+> >
+> >
+> >> For example, I install the firefox-debug-10.0.7-1.mga2.x86_64
+> >> package for debugging the firefox. While gdb load the firefox core
+> >> dump file, gdb cannot read debugging symbols from other debug
+> >> packages as they are not installed at the same time. Although they
+> >> are needed for debugging.
+> >
+> > I don't know if there an easy way to do it. Usually, tough, the
+> > name of the function where the crash does occurs is enough to tell
+> > wich debug package is needed exactly.
+> 
+> gdb used to list the debug packages to install
+
+It still can, see:
+
+https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3417#c19
+
+for a workaround.
+
+Regards,
+
+	Shlomi Fish
+
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