> > 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