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[Pierre-Alexandre Meyer <question76646@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76646 on Ubuntu changed:
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Pierre-Alexandre Meyer proposed the following answer:
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 03:35:22AM -0000, Derek White wrote:
> I believe if you compile from source, you can add the debug symbols,
> right?

Sure, but to compile from source and create the exact same binary, I
need the version of whatever was used to create the debian package
(version of nasm, ld, gcc, ar, nm, ...). Is there a spec file with this
info for each release?

> Firefox add-ons don't have debug symbols...firefox is their debugger. If
> a problem is found, it should be reported properly using the firefox
> debug symbols.

I tried debugging with firefox-3.0-dbgsym but the segfault occurs in
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-qt.so and the package doesn't
provide symbols for this plugin.

(Note: the problem I was trying to debug is fixed in Karmic already, cf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mandriva/+source/mplayer/+bug/360222, but I
would still like to have a clear debugging story for the next bug)

-- 
Pierre-Alexandre Meyer

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