Bug 209316

Summary: rpmbuild doesn't generate debuginfo for static libraries
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ralf Corsepius <rc040203>
Component: rpmAssignee: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai>
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Description Ralf Corsepius 2006-10-04 15:59:29 UTC
Description of problem:

rpmbuild doesn't generate *-debuginfo*.rpms for packages containing static libs
only.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm-/rpm-build-4.4.2-15.2.i386.rpm

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:

C.f.: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208678

Actual results:
empty debuginfo.rpm

Expected results:
Function

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2006-10-04 17:31:16 UTC
Um, there's little reason to include static libraries in -debuginfo packages, as
static libraries always contain the needed symbols to get a backtrace, and are
(or at least were on ~RHL9 time frame) including debugging info in the *.a
files.

WONTFIX

Comment 2 Ralf Corsepius 2006-10-05 04:59:32 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Um, there's little reason to include static libraries in -debuginfo packages,
Wrong - You are missing source level debugging.

> as
> static libraries always contain the needed symbols to get a backtrace, and are
> (or at least were on ~RHL9 time frame) including debugging info in the *.a
> files.
ATM, you get source level debugging of shared libs but don't get it for static
libs - That's the first bug lurking in here.

The second one is rpmbuild building empty *-debuginfo-*.rpms, if a package
contains static libs only.

> WONTFIX
Great, how could I expect any other reaction, when it comes to rpm bugs :(

Comment 4 Jeff Johnson 2006-10-05 12:42:30 UTC
WONTFIX is a state in bugzilla.

Any other meaning you bring to the letters W-O-N-T-F-I-X comes from you, not otherwise.

Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-08-21 05:27:25 UTC
User pnasrat's account has been closed

Comment 6 Panu Matilainen 2007-08-22 06:33:31 UTC
Reassigning to owner after bugzilla made a mess, sorry about the noise...

Comment 7 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 03:54:28 UTC
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Comment 8 Ralf Corsepius 2008-04-04 05:40:23 UTC
bug still present in FC8

Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2008-11-26 07:02:26 UTC
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Comment 10 Patrice Dumas 2008-11-26 08:35:45 UTC
Still present in rawhide.

Comment 11 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 09:10:31 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

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Comment 12 Bug Zapper 2010-04-27 11:40:34 UTC
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Comment 13 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 10:23:02 UTC
Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
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Comment 14 Ralf Corsepius 2010-06-28 10:34:26 UTC
Reopening .. this deficiency of rpm has persisted without any improvement through current rawhide.

Comment 15 Jeff Johnson 2010-07-01 03:24:00 UTC
Three years, 9 months, and still counting ...

Comment 16 Bug Zapper 2010-07-30 10:29:02 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 14 development cycle.
Changing version to '14'.

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