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Re: Rename detached debug info as cygwin1.dll.dbg


On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 04:05:34PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On May 23 14:40, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> 
>> Not sure if this is wanted, and it obviously has some knock on effects on
>> package and snapshot generation.
>> 
>> But, cygport names detached debug info files by appending the .dbg suffix.
>> This is 'obviously correct' as it means that both a foo.exe and foo.dll can
>> exist and have detached debug info.
>> 
>> For consistency, the attached patch changes the name of the detached debug
>> info file for cygwin1.dll from cygwin1.dbg to cygwin1.dll.dbg
>
>As far as releases go, this is ok.  I'll just have to tweak the next
>cygport file slightly.
>
>Chris might have to tweak the snapshot generation script as well, so
>he probably wants to chime in, too.

It's more than just a tweak.  I've known that there is a discrepancy for
a long time but haven't considered it that big a deal.  I'd prefer that
this change not be made.


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