ffmpeg-debian debug packages, -fpic, unstripped libraries

[Reinhard Tartler]

Loïc Minier <lool at dooz.org> writes:

> On Sun, May 10, 2009, Andres Mejia wrote:
>> Currently the debugging symbols for all ffmpeg packages are in a
>> single package, ffmpeg-dbg. I think this should be split for each
>> library and binaries, i.e.  'libavcodec52-dbg', 'libavformat52-dbg',
>> etc. I can of course make the changes, but it will require
>> ffmpeg-debian to enter NEW again. What do you think?
>
>  I disagree; -dbg packages are a pollution in the list of packages
>  (which grows larger and larger) and I don't think it's an issue when
>  they are very large as they are only used for debug.
>
>> Also, I've been working on getting ffmpeg to build with '-fPIC -DPIC'
>> enabled. I have a patch ready and I'm testing it right now. I'll push
>> the changes in a moment.
>
>  What are you trying to fix?  -fPIC -DPIC should be set automatically
>  on platforms which require it (e.g. x86_64) and is allowed on i386
>  for performance reasons; I wouldn't want to change that unless
>  there's a good rationale for it.

Yes, I agree with Loïc.

Andres, please do not set -fPIC -DPIC on i386. The upstream configure
script already detects on what architecture that is needed and set it
there. We do not need to mess around here. If you encounter real bugs,
the configure script should be fixed.

seriously, I've been discussing this in detail with upstream and have
gotten bugs fixed, e.g. on mips. There is really no need messing around
with this in the debian package.

As for the lintian warning, I think an override would be sufficient, but
I haven't cared so far about that.

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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4