Please set DEB_BUILD_DEBUG_INFO_URL for build of the Ubuntu archive

[Benjamin Drung]

dpkg 1.22.6ubuntu11 enables the ELF package metadata spec for all builds (see https://code.launchpad.net/~bluca/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+git/dpkg/+merge/465957). Setting DEB_BUILD_DEBUG_INFO_URL during package build will encode the debuginfod URL in the ELF package metadata.

Please set this variable for all builds that end up in the official Ubuntu archive:

DEB_BUILD_DEBUG_INFO_URL="https://debuginfod.ubuntu.com"

[Ines Almeida (ines-almeida)]

I had a quick look at this issue a few weeks back when we initially talked about it in Madrid, and the only "complicated" bit should be to define which specific builds will have that environmental variable.

If I understood correctly, it should be basically deb builds that don't go into a specific PPA (i.e., that go into the official Ubuntu archive), correct?

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Yes, there might be some exception for this rule. Sergio Durigan Junior is probably the best contact for that.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

As part of fixing bug #2069722 I renamed DPKG_BUILDPACKAGE_DEBUGINFOD_URLS to DEB_BUILD_DEBUGINFOD_URLS (updating ticket description accordingly).

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

After more discussion, let's finally name it DEB_BUILD_DEBUG_INFO_URL (to reflect the key in the ELF metadata).

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

this does not work. we use PPAs for several occasions when uploading packages to the distro, e.g. all the updates for the security pockets are built in PPAs, then binary-copied to the distro.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

So we need a way to configure PPAs to set DEB_BUILD_DEBUG_INFO_URL or toggle a flag for setting DEB_BUILD_DEBUG_INFO_URL.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

There are some other similar requirements that Launchpad already handles. The way it does it is that buildd-manager passes `archive_purpose: "PRIMARY"` to the buildd when it's building something for either the primary archive or for a PPA that has "Require virtualized builders" disabled, and then the buildd side uses that as an indication that the result is intended to be compatible with the primary archive.