Re: Bug in strip phase of gnu-build-system?

[elaexuotee]

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> elaexuotee@wilsonb.com skribis:
> 
> > When `strip-binaries?` is `#f` and a "debug" output is defined, said output
> > remains empty. Instead, I expect "debug" to get populated with separated 
> > debug
> > files.
> 
> Hmm I see.  The logic was different: #:strip-binaries? #f disables
> stripping, but it doesn’t populate the “debug” output either.
> 
> If you want to populate the “debug” output, you need to declare a
> “debug” output in the package and keep #:strip-binaries? #t.
> 
> (I can see arguments for and against both interpretations, but that’s
> how it is currently.)

Oh. Blah. It was something obivous. Hehe. Thank you for cleaing up my
confusion.

I apparently misread `lower` from (guix build-system gnu), thinking it stripped
the "debug" output if #:strip-binaries? is true.

> [...]
> 
> > If the above is correct, then would it make sense for --with-debug-info to 
> > also
> > inject a "debug" output as needed? It looks like this would be pretty easy
> > under guix/transformations.scm:transforma-package-with-debug-info.
> 
> ‘--with-debug-info’ is meant to be used when you want to keep debug info
> (and there’s no “debug” output).  It seemed to me there’s no point in
> having that debug info separate in that case, especially since you
> wouldn’t be able to refer to it.
> 
> HTH!

Very! Much obliged.