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From: Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
Subject: Re: Debugging and source code
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:11:19AM -0800, Chris Marusich wrote:
> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> writes:
>=20
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 06:54:30PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
> >> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:
> >>=20
> >> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 02:22:48PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wro=
te:
> >> >> You can always get the right source code by running =E2=80=9Cguix=
 build -S
> >> >> package=E2=80=9D.
> >> >>=20
> >> >> OTOH having the source directly in the =E2=80=9Cdebug=E2=80=9D (o=
r =E2=80=9Csource=E2=80=9D?) output as
> >> >> you suggest would be more convenient.
> >> >>=20
> >> >> The only downside is the extra size of the =E2=80=9Cdebug=E2=80=9D=
 output.  Most of the
> >> >> time that=E2=80=99s a price people are happy to pay when they are=
 installing the
> >> >> =E2=80=9Cdebug=E2=80=9D output.  But sometimes maybe not.
> >> >
> >> > How about a :debug-full switch?
> >>=20
> >> There=E2=80=99s no switch, only a =E2=80=9Cdebug=E2=80=9D output.
> >
> > yes, yes. I meant a "debug-full" output.
>=20
> 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" (o=
r
> "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.