On Sun, 05 Aug 2018 13:39:58 +0200, Charalampos Stratakis wrote: > Here we are referring to the python2-debug or python3-debug builds, which > are just extra python builds that are compiled with the --with-pydebug flag Not just --with-pydebug: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %if %{with debug_build} BuildPython debug \ "--without-ensurepip --with-pydebug" \ "-O0" %endif # with debug_build BuildPython optimized \ "--without-ensurepip %{optimizations_flag}" \ "" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many packages have their *-debug variants. And then some packages (like kernel) switch even their standard builds to debug mode but only in Rawhide. Despite all that the *-debug package one occasionally needs is then missing and one still has to build it locally. That is all together messy. This is why Microsoft has their debug build of their whole OS - Windows - called Checked Build: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/checked-and-free-build-differences Jan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/VNQAZGQHXM764P3LJPKN5SA43QBGXRKN/