currently the binaries (at least the linux binaries) are shipped without debugging symbols. that makes it harder to figure out where stuff goes wrong when debugging. released binaries should not be stripped.
official binary releases should be shipped with debugging symbols #339
issue nanotube opened this issue on June 23, 2011-
nanotube commented at 3:28 AM on June 23, 2011: none
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TheBlueMatt commented at 9:09 PM on June 23, 2011: member
Unstripped bitcoin is something like 100+megs, that seems like an excessive amount to ship.
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nanotube commented at 9:36 PM on June 23, 2011: none
well, maybe as a separate download, in addition to the stripped binaries.
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zellfaze-zz commented at 9:02 PM on December 21, 2011: none
I agree that they should be available as a separate download. They should be available though.
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rebroad commented at 10:11 PM on April 28, 2012: contributor
gzipped bitcoin-qt with debugging symbols is about 14MB
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laanwj commented at 9:54 AM on October 21, 2013: member
Agreed on the condition that they're a separate download. This would make resolving published stack traces when people encounter problems much easier. Gitian could produce separate archives of debug symbols using objcopy.
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laanwj commented at 9:59 AM on September 25, 2014: member
Doesn't seem necessary. Due to gitian being deterministic, it's possible to build the debug symbols when you need them (though it involves some patching -- would be nice to have a flag). I've successfully done this in at least one case to use addr2line on reported stack traces. Closing this issue.
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