Ubuntu
mythtv package

MythTV is either debug or it isn't - make a decision!

Bug #111254 reported by Jo Shields
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mythtv (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mythtv

MythTV is occasionally a little unstable for some users. This is bad. However, it has a very active development community, keen to bugfix. This is good.

The myth packages in Ubuntu are built with the parameter --compile-type=debug, then stripped. As a result, the packages are useless for debugging, and are subjected to a number of performance decreases.

If the Ubuntu packages are to be useful for debugging, then keep --compile-type=debug and add support for a -dbg package. If they aren't, then make a significant performance boost by changing to --compile-type=release

Revision history for this message
Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

This is because apport strips those symbols and places them in a seperate dbgsym package. Correct me if i'm wrong, but during a crash, these are adequate for building an accurate stack retrace.

Changed in mythtv:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
Revision history for this message
Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

Also, to that effect, I didn't see any areas that should be subjected to any performance differences by compile-type=debug. It appeared that this just caused symbols to not be stripped during build time.

David Morris (dave-greenacre)
Changed in mythtv:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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