[Build-common-hackers] Bug#574791: cdbs: python-autotools.mk doesn't support Python -dbg packages

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Package: cdbs
Severity: wishlist

python-autotools.mk doesn't automatize the build of -dbg packages. This is from
bug #573350:

On 11/03/10 13:15, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> On 11/03/10 02:02, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> -dbg packages are not handled specially , but might "just work"(tm).
>
> I guess for debugging symbols, but not for Python debug builds. For them, you
> need to normally build the package with pythonX.Y-dbg as the interpreter, and
> then rename the .so extensions to _d.so (so that python-dbg can find them).
> Also those builds need to be done with -O0.

Cheers,
Emilio