Bug 186505

Summary:	Enabling debug flag should disable stripping on binaries
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	John J. Aylward <john>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	danny_milo, gkuri
Priority:	High
Version:	2007.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description John J. Aylward 2007-07-24 19:20:35 UTC

I specifically noticed this with the ktorrent 2.2.1 package, but I'm sure it's a general portage thing.

Basically if I enable the debug flag for a specific package, it should be the same as emerging that package with the "nostrip" FEATURE enabled. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why I wasn't getting debug symbols when I could see the packages being compiled with debugging symbols.

It's also annoying to have to enable nostrip "globally" (even if just for that emerge session) when you only need it for a single package, not every package being emerged.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-24 19:23:33 UTC

No way. We are not reinstating the FUBAR-ed debug.eclass behaviour.

Comment 2 John J. Aylward 2007-07-24 19:25:25 UTC

ahh, I didn't know it was tried before. it just seems counter intuitive to have a 2 step process to enable debugging.

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-24 19:33:56 UTC

See Bug 55708.

Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-31 11:51:51 UTC

*** Bug 187227 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-12 07:27:32 UTC

*** Bug 195567 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***