=== Debugging information

The Debian package is build with the debugging information but packaged into the binary package after stripping the debugging information as required by https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html[Chapter 10 - Files] of the ``Debian Policy Manual''.

The debugging information can be packaged separately as the debug packege using the "*dh_strip --dbg-package=*'package'" command in the *override_dh_strip:* target of the *debian/rules* file.

The installation path of the debugging information is as follows to enable auto-loading of it by the *gdb* command.

* */usr/lib/debug/.build-id/*'12/3456...' (compat>=9, for *buildID*='123456...')
* */usr/lib/debug/*'path/to/binary' (compat<<9, for '/path/to/binary')


See

* http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-dbg[6.7.9. Best practices for debug packages] of the ``Debian Developer's Reference''.
* https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Separate-Debug-Files.html#Separate-Debug-Files[18.2 Debugging Information in Separate Files] of the ``Debugging with gdb''
* *dh_strip*(1)
* *strip*(1)
* *readelf*(1)
* *objcopy*(1)
* Debian wiki https://wiki.debian.org/DebugPackage[DebugPackage]
* Debian wiki https://wiki.debian.org/AutomaticDebugPackages[AutomaticDebugPackages]

