linux-image-debug packages?

[Tim Gardner]

Sean Timothy Noonan wrote:
> I spent the past few days discussing this problem with Martin Pitt and
> he directed me to email the ubuntu-kernel list, which doesn't seem to
> exist.  If you think this message should go somewhere other than
> kernel-team, please let me know.
> 
> It seems that ddebs no longer contains any relevant debug packages for
> the kernel.  I'm attempting to use systemtap (which is installable from
> the repositories), so it would be nice to have these packages available.
> I'm willing to build them myself if that's what it takes, but they
> aren't built when simply building the kernel package...
> 
> dpkg -l linux-image-\*
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version        Description
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> un  linux-image-2. <none>         (no description available)
> ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.28-11.42   Linux kernel image for version 2.6.28
> on x86
> ii  linux-image-se 2.6.28.11.15   Linux kernel image on Server
> Equipment.
> 
> The 2.6.28 ddebs were added earlier this week and the
> 13.44 kernel hasn't been approved yet, so I can't even run it :(.
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.28-13.44/+build/1055413
> 
> Is there any way to rebuild the debug packages for 2.6.28-11.42?  I've
> tried setting AUTOBUILD to a non null value (true) in 0-common-vars.mk
> but the build dies while building the debug packages.  I've also tried
> setting skipdbg in the same file to false.
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated - I'm basically in a bind as I need
> systemtap but also need some other Ubuntu features.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sean
> 
> 

Debug packages are so large that they are only built on the buildd's. 
You can simulate the same build environment as the buildd by

sudo mkdir /CurrentlyBuilding
debuild -b

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com