Re: cygport debug junk

[Andrew Schulman <schulman dot andrew at epamail dot epa dot gov>]

> Debuginfo is not "junk".  Like most Linux binary distros, these files 
> are automatically packed into a ${PN}-debuginfo package and excluded 
> from other (sub)packages without further intervention by the maintainer. 
>   Users can then install gdb and these debuginfo packages to debug 
> software in place, without having to install BRs and rebuild packages.

One disadvantage of this is that it makes the 'list' command less useful.  I
used to be able to copy the output of 'cygport list' and paste it directly into
the README.Cygwin file, which is supposed to include a file listing of the
binary package.  Now I have to edit the output to remove the debug files.

If the intent of 'list' is to show the contents of the binary package, then I
suggest that it automatically remove the debug files from the listing.

Thanks,
Andrew.


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