Bug#1057621: valgrind should not drop valgrind-dbg

From	Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.rc
Subject	Bug#1057621: valgrind should not drop valgrind-dbg
Date	2025-04-10 19:30 +0200
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Dear maintainer,

On Wed, 06 Dec 2023 02:05:07 +0200 Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> wrote:
> For the usual case where debug symbols are only used
> when debugging in a debugger this is no problem,
> but valgrind-dbg is (like libc6-dbg) an exception:
> 
> Package: valgrind
> Recommends: valgrind-dbg, gdb
> 
> https://sources.debian.org/src/valgrind/1%3A3.20.0-2/debian/README.Debian/#L11-L16
> 
>   Debian's valgrind package comes stripped of any debug symbols, which are
>   provided by the valgrind-dbg package. Note that it's recommended to install
>   such package because without those symbols valgrind may generate less
>   helpful error messages in certain situations, or not work at all.

Do you agree with the submitter of this bug that the lack of debug 
symbols available via Recommends is a release critical bug? I'm not an 
experienced valgrind user, but with my Release Team member hat on, this 
looks a bit exaggerated. Hope to hear your opinion.

Without an exception for the freeze policy, fixing this bug by 
reintroducing the valgrind-dbg package is going to be extremely tight, 
given that it has to pass NEW and that the window for new binary 
packages closes on 2025-04-15.

Paul

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Bug#1057621: valgrind should not drop valgrind-dbg Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2025-04-10 19:30 +0200
  Bug#1057621: valgrind should not drop valgrind-dbg "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@elastic.org> - 2025-04-10 21:30 +0200
  Bug#1057621: valgrind should not drop valgrind-dbg Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2025-04-13 12:10 +0200
  Bug#1057621: valgrind should not drop valgrind-dbg Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2025-04-13 20:30 +0200

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