On May 15, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
Another one from the Fora:
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id...
Thread started by robertsong: centos 5.3 glibc debuginfo is not updated "Hello, I have updated to centos 5.3, the latest version of glibc-2.5-34. but I found the debuginfo rpm package was not updated to this version. Now the debuginfo version is 2.5.24 in http://debuginfo.centos.org/5/i386/ . glibc-debuginfo-2.5-24.i686.rpm glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-24.i386.rpm
When would the rpm be updated ?"
ATM, the mechanism for -debuginfo upgrades is known deficient for several years.
A better model for deciding when to upgrade/erase -debuginfo packages is described here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447708 and is already implemented (but not for the RPM you are using).
There's also the minor issue of how to handle package renaming wrto -debuginfo, most recently discussed here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499239 Again: not implemented in the RPM you are using.
There's a further issue of how to distribute -debuginfo packages efficiently, but that cannot even be asked until the model for deciding when/how to upgrade/erase -debuginfo packages is improved.
73 de Jeff