Re: Debian debugging notes for "Reporting Bugs" page

[tom <tom osageinc com>]

I don't maintain that page, and cannot post, but have a thought....

As the guy that first asked about debugging info: Do you think the  
information is really necessary? I had an odd bug, Pavel and I worked  
it out. Your information about adding the debugging symbols was  
invaluable, and I really appreciate it. But, Balsa is fairly stable and  
most people will have no need for this.

Thank again, I am once again a happy camper. Kudos to you and Pavel!

Tom Lamm

On 11/01/03 22:43:00, Andrew Lau wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 11:57:03PM +1100, Andrew Lau wrote:
> 
> Could someone please post the following notice for Debian GNU/Linux
> users to <http://balsa.gnome.org/bugs.html>:
> 
> The binaries in all Debian packages have their debugging symbols
> stripped to save space on their mirrors. If you'd like to use a Balsa
> Debian package with them left in, you may rebuild the package as
> follows. (# as root, $ as user)
> 
> 1. Check /etc/apt/sources.list for a deb-src line matching your  
> Debian
>    mirror.
>    eg. deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib
> non-free
> 
>    # apt-get update
> 
> 2. Install packages required to build balsa.
> 
>    # apt-get install fakeroot
>    # apt-get build-dep balsa
> 
> 3. Build the package.
>    $ DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip fakeroot apt-get source --build balsa
> 
> 4. Install newly built Balsa debugging packages
>    # dpkg -i balsa*.deb
> 
> Cheers,
> Andrew "Netsnipe" Lau
> 
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