[Mageia-dev] How to install a debug package with its dependencies?

[Pascal Terjan]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Guillaume Rousse
<guillomovitch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Le 13/09/2012 18:06, Phoenix Guo a écrit :
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Could someone kindly tell me that how to install a debug package with
>> its dependencies?
>
> There is not dependencies between debug packages, in the sense of 'debug
> package X need debug package Y to be used'.
>
>
>> For example, I install the firefox-debug-10.0.7-1.mga2.x86_64 package
>> for debugging the firefox. While gdb load the firefox core dump file,
>> gdb cannot read debugging symbols from other debug packages as they
>> are not installed at the same time. Although they are needed for
>> debugging.
>
> I don't know if there an easy way to do it. Usually, tough, the name of the
> function where the crash does occurs is enough to tell wich debug package is
> needed exactly.

gdb used to list the debug packages to install