Re: Missing symbols file (pdb) for current gvim windows build (gvim74-1024.exe)

Christian Brabandt wrote:

> On Sa, 14 Mai 2016, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
> >
> > Christian Brabandt wrote;
> >
> > > On Fr, 13 Mai 2016, Ken Takata wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > 2016/5/13 Fri 4:59:07 UTC+9 Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > > > > Gabriele Fava wrote;
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello, I was looking for the symbols file of the latest gvim windows
> > > > > > build published on the ftp site
> > > > > > (ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim74-1024.exe).
> > > > > > It's not in ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc, is it somewhere else?
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry, no. Perhaps another Windows build has it?
> > > >
> > > > Oh, our vim/vim-win32-installer also don't have pdb files.
> > > > https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer
> > > > I totally forgot about that. Maybe we should add them...
> > >
> > > Are those files created automatically when compiling using msvc?
> > > So this is just a matter of adding the created .pdb file to the archive?
> > >
> > > If so, could you please create a PR for this? Thanks
> >
> > The toplevel Makefile handles them, but with the intention to upload
> > them to the ftp server. They are not packaged (as it is now).
>
> I am sorry, I don't follow. I made a change, that the
> vim-win32-installer repository contains the pdb files for the binaries.
> That should work, once the next release is build, however I don't know,
> how to modify the nsis script to included this file as well.
>
> Are you telling me, those files should not be added to the
> vim-win32-installer repository?

99% of users will never use the file, there is not much point in
including it in the installer. It can be made available separately, so
that when someone wants to debug the executable that is possible.

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