[Bug 2042790] Re: libc6-prof description should say what profiling features are present

[Simon Chopin]

FWIW, this is the new description in the git repo where the next version
is being prepared:

Description: GNU C Library: Shared Libraries
 Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
 the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
 and the standard math library, as well as many others.
 .
 This package contains all libraries compiled with frame pointer enabled,
 (-fno-omit-frame-pointer) which enables or enhances several profiling
 techniques, including eBPF-based ones.

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Title:
  libc6-prof description should say what profiling features are present

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in glibc source package in Noble:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  We have a libc6-prof package in the archive whose only addition to the
  base description is:

   This package contains all libraries compiled for profiling.

  This is opaque and doesn't explain at all what profiling features are
  enabled.

  My understanding is that the key feature here is the use of -fno-omit-
  frame-pointer.  But the package description should say.

  'apt search omit-frame' returns no results, it would be good to fix it
  so it did.  Putting this in the package description would achieve
  that.

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