> > I created bug report 769 (http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=769).
> > Basically, on one particular computer I am able to get Ark
> > to crash consistently.
> > 
> > Yesterday I started tinkering with building my packages
> > with separate debug packages rather than building the
> > debugging symbols into one package. I figure outside of the
> > devs and packagers most end-users are not interested in that
> > support. :(
> > 
> > Today on that same computer I installed new packages for
> > kdelibs, kdebase, and kdeutils: six packages instead of
> > three.
> > 
> > Now I can't get Ark to crash.
> > 
> > 1. I don't pretend to understand the nuances of debugging
> > symbols, but by splitting the debug symbols into a separate
> > package, could I have resolved the bug? Does that make
> > sense?
> 
> Anybody?

Calvin, grab some coffee to get some caffeine. :) I solved that particular problem --- I submitted a patch to build crashtest in kdebase/drkonqi. :). The crashtest executable works great, by the way.

I want to know whether having separate debugging packages could have solved the Ark bug. Makes no sense to me but perhaps you developer crackerjacks know better. :)

Darrell