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papavlos

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Registered: 2017-09-23

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[SOLVED] Why new "*-debug" packages are coming since couple of days?

Please help me to understand why - when running daily yay - a new package "yay-bin-debug" wants to be installed together with regular "yay-bin" update?
I have noticed it recently, not only with "yay-bin" package but also with other AUR packages.

Is it necessary to install the "*-debug" packages?
If not - how to get rid of them when running yay? I mean - not to be downloaded, prepared and proposed to be added?

Last edited by papavlos (2024-02-20 23:33:22)

papavlos

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Registered: 2017-09-23

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Re: [SOLVED] Why new "*-debug" packages are coming since couple of days?

A live example of the above:

Package (2)                   Old Version       New Version       Net Change

gmrender-resurrect-git        1:r345.3a1234f-1  1:r345.3a1234f-1   -0.01 MiB
gmrender-resurrect-git-debug                    1:r345.3a1234f-1    0.43 MiB

Total Installed Size:  0.55 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.43 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 

Here even version number remains the same, simply the same package got rebuilt and split (?) into two, then proposed to be reinstalled/installed.
Is it the new default behavior for AUR?

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Why new "*-debug" packages are coming since couple of days?

Please see makepkg.conf.5#OPTIONS and  [SOLVED] Cannot disable debug symbol packages with makepkg.conf also https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p2150180.
Please do not bump a thread.  If you post is the last in a thread edit that existing post instead of creating a new one.

papavlos

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Registered: 2017-09-23

Posts: 67

Re: [SOLVED] Why new "*-debug" packages are coming since couple of days?

Thanks @loqs ! As usual - pointing to the solution.

Modifying the "makepkg.conf" by adding exclamation mark before "debug" in "OPTIONS" line and cleaning the ~/.cache/yay contents fixes my issue.

Next time I will not bump threads and will follow recommended rules.