Bug#1110525: syslinux-utils: installs /usr/lib/debug/.dwz/x86_64-linux-gnu/syslinux-utils.debug

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Thu, 7 Aug 2025 22:33:18 +0200

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Hi,

Franck <[email protected]> (2025-08-07):
> Package: syslinux-utils
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
> Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3.1
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Package syslinux-utils_6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3.1_amd64.deb
> installs /usr/lib/debug/.dwz/x86_64-linux-gnu/syslinux-utils.debug
> 
> Is this intentional ?
> FYI this triggers chkrootkit:   "/usr/lib/debug/.dwz [From Debian package: syslinux-utils]"
> 
> Package syslinux-utils_6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3+b1_amd64.deb
> did not contain this path/file.

Adding pkern to the loop, who NMU'd this package.

It seems dwz things are usually in debug packages, with only a few
exceptions in unstable:
 - ghc
 - mlton-tools
 - syslinux-utils

(ghc also in Debian 12, might be needed/useful for that compiler.)

Since debian/rules ends with the following, it seems to be on purpose,
at least at the time:

    override_dh_strip:
            dh_strip --no-automatic-dbgsym

This can be traced back all the way to:
  https://salsa.debian.org/images-team/syslinux/-/commit/27ffd5002a276293c03aa05fb153548d4b692e55


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois ([email protected])            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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