itpp-config script for libitpp6-dbg and libitpp6gf

[Giese, Jochen]

Dear Ubuntu developers and package maintainers,

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and develop software based on IT++ which is packaged in the following packages (Installed Version: 4.0.7-1)

libitpp-doc
libitpp-dev
libitpp-6gf
libitpp6-dbg

all of the above are installed. Now when writing my own code, I want to link against the debug version of IT++ (needed to make sure range checking is enabled when accessing vectors). The required flags are supposed to be provided by the script /usr/bin/itpp-config. However, even though libitpp6-dbg is installed, itpp-config produces the following

qware at ubuntu:~$ which itpp-config
/usr/bin/itpp-config
qware at ubuntu:~$ itpp-config --libs-debug
-L/usr/lib -litpp
qware at ubuntu:~$ itpp-config --debug --libs
 -L/usr/lib -litpp
qware at ubuntu:~$ itpp-config --libs-opt
-L/usr/lib -litpp

I read this output as meaning that the flags for linking against the debug version are the same as for linking against the optimized version, thus I am linking against the optimized version of the library without debug symbols even though the request is for the debug library. 

This appears to me to be a bug.

Now reading the properties of libitpp6-dbg, it appears that the library file is installed in /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libitpp.so.6.0.7

How can I make sure I am linking against that library using similar flags as -L/usr/lib -litpp ? I tried -L/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib but that did not result in a program that does range-checking (or contains debug info).

Please let me know how to achieve this (if necessary without making use of itpp-config). That would be very much appreciated!

Thank you very much!

Best Regards
 Jochen Giese

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