F36 Change: MinGW environment and toolchain update (System-Wide Change proposal)
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/F36MingwDebugLocation
== Summary ==
Store debug files of mingw PE binaries below /usr/lib/debug.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:smani|Sandro Mani]]
* Email: manisandro(a)gmail.com
== Detailed Description ==
Native debug symbols are already stored below /usr/lib/debug. This
change modifies `mingw-find-debuginfo.sh`, part of mingw-filesystem,
to do the same.
== Benefit to Fedora ==
Besides alignment with debuginfo symbols of native packages, this
avoids an easy to hit issue for mingw packagers where .debug files end
up in the main package, i.e.
`%files -n mingw64-libfoo`
`%{mingw64_libdir}/plugindir/`
where `%{mingw64_libdir}/plugindir/` contains both say
`libfooplugin.dll` as well as `libfooplugin.dll.debug`.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
`mingw-find-debuginfo.sh` will be updated to store debug symbols below
`/usr/lib/debug`, as follows:
[https://src.fedoraproject.org/fork/smani/rpms/mingw-filesystem/c/3304db32...
Store debug files below /usr/lib/debug]
* Other developers:
`%exclude`s of `*.debug` files can be dropped from spec files.
* Release engineering: Impact check [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/10257]
* Release engineering: Mass rebuild requested
* Policies and guidelines: No policies need to be changed
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
No impact
== How To Test ==
Verify that `*.debug` files are stored below `/usr/lib/debug`.
== User Experience ==
`*.debug` files are stored below `/usr/lib/debug`.
== Dependencies ==
None
== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: Revert to older versions of environment /
toolchain, mass rebuild mingw packages again
* Contingency deadline: Before release
* Blocks release? Yes
* Blocks product? No
== Release Notes ==
From Fedora 36 onwards, debug symbols for mingw binaries will be
stored below /usr/lib/debug.
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Ben Cotton
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Red Hat
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