linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: deb-pkg: add pkg.linux-upstream.nokerneldbg build profile

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Message-ID: <ZxkYpWKMA_GIOjP4@fjasle.eu>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:39:17 +0200
From: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org>,
 Ron Economos <re@...z.net>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: deb-pkg: add pkg.linux-upstream.nokerneldbg
 build profile

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 03:16:59AM +0900 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The Debian kernel supports the pkg.linux.nokerneldbg build profile.
> 
> The debug package tends to be huge, and you may not want to build it
> even when CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is enabled. This commit introduces a
> similar profile for the upstream kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
>  scripts/package/mkdebian | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> index 93eb50356ddb..fc3b7fa709fc 100755
> --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
> +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> @@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ cat <<EOF >> debian/control
>  Package: linux-image-$version-dbg
>  Section: debug
>  Architecture: $debarch
> +Build-Profiles: <!pkg.${sourcename}.nokerneldbg>
>  Description: Linux kernel debugging symbols for $version
>   This package will come in handy if you need to debug the kernel. It provides
>   all the necessary debug symbols for the kernel and its modules.
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
> 

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>