Re: Debugging and source code

[Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:11:19AM -0800, Chris Marusich wrote:
> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 06:54:30PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> >> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:
> >> 
> >> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 02:22:48PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> >> >> You can always get the right source code by running “guix build -S
> >> >> package”.
> >> >> 
> >> >> OTOH having the source directly in the “debug” (or “source”?) output as
> >> >> you suggest would be more convenient.
> >> >> 
> >> >> The only downside is the extra size of the “debug” output.  Most of the
> >> >> time that’s a price people are happy to pay when they are installing the
> >> >> “debug” output.  But sometimes maybe not.
> >> >
> >> > How about a :debug-full switch?
> >> 
> >> There’s no switch, only a “debug” output.
> >
> > yes, yes. I meant a "debug-full" output.
> 
> We have "guix build -S foo" which fetches the source.  It sounds like
> you're suggesting that we remove this and replace it with a "source" (or
> "debug-full") output for each package, so to get the source you would
> run "guix build foo:source" instead.  Is my understanding correct?

With binaries and debug info. Yes. The current :debug does not
include the sources which makes debugging hard(er).

Pj.