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[Sean Bruno]

On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 10:28 -0400, Robin Green wrote:
> That's not necessary. You just need to install the corresponding 
> -debuginfo packages from
> 
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/$arch/debug/
> 
> (substituting $arch with your architecture).
> 
> Both gdb and valgrind appear to automatically detect -debuginfo packages
> and use the debugging information therein, including the source code, so 
> you shouldn't need to do anything special other than installing the 
> -debuginfo packages.
> 
> Note that normally one -debuginfo package is generated per source RPM, not 
> one per binary RPM. To find the source rpm name for a package, use
> 
> rpm -qi package
> 
> and look for "Source RPM".
> 
> -- 
> Robin
> 
Thank you very much for the insight.  I was completely ignorant of this
feature.  Let's see if I can put this information to some kind of good
use.  A little knowledge can be dangerous u know!

Sean