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Re: [Help-gsl] Re: debugging with gdb
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso |
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Re: [Help-gsl] Re: debugging with gdb |
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Mon, 19 May 2008 12:35:52 -0500 |
On 19/05/2008, Rodney Sparapani <address@hidden> wrote:
> It's hard enough debugging code without putting up with this extra
> nonsense. Is there any good reason why they do that?
Yes. Debugging symbols take up a lot of space and very few people will
need them.
Also, source packages aren't installed to default locations in Debian.
I rather like that, because it means you don't need root privileges to
examine source packages.
If you're a non-root user, you can get the library source and compile
the debug symbols in if you really want to. I like that too.
- Jordi G. H.