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itshankar47 04-04-2010 06:54 PM

Debuginfo
 
Any plz explain me the difference between the normal rpm and Debuginfo rpm ..It works like normal rpm?

TB0ne 04-04-2010 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by itshankar47 (Post 3924225)
Any plz explain me the difference between the normal rpm and Debuginfo rpm ..It works like normal rpm?

Spell out your words, and write clearly, please.

Yes, it's a 'normal' RPM, but as the name implies, it has the debug information enabled. That is, the programming flags/switches/etc., that the developers put in, to enable folks to troubleshoot the program.

syg00 04-04-2010 08:01 PM

In general you don't want/need the debug rpm. Usually just for debugging a problem. The debuginfo kernel for example is used for diagnosing crash dumps, but is not run as the day-to-day kernel. The debug data makes it bigger and (probably) slower.


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