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-rw-r--r--Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst9
-rw-r--r--Help/cpack_gen/rpm.rst4
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diff --git a/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst b/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst
index d8d53ec..c0d9c3d 100644
--- a/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst
+++ b/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst
@@ -652,9 +652,18 @@ Dbgsym packaging has its own set of variables:
.. note::
+ Setting this also strips the ELF files in the generated non-dbgsym package,
+ which results in debuginfo only being available in the dbgsym package.
+
+.. note::
+
Binaries must contain debug symbols before packaging so use either ``Debug``
or ``RelWithDebInfo`` for :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` variable value.
+ Additionally, if :variable:`CPACK_STRIP_FILES` is set, the files will be stripped before
+ they get to the DEB generator, so will not contain debug symbols and
+ a dbgsym package will not get built. Do not use with :variable:`CPACK_STRIP_FILES`.
+
Building Debian packages on Windows
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Help/cpack_gen/rpm.rst b/Help/cpack_gen/rpm.rst
index f6274f9..823594a 100644
--- a/Help/cpack_gen/rpm.rst
+++ b/Help/cpack_gen/rpm.rst
@@ -840,6 +840,10 @@ Debuginfo RPM packaging has its own set of variables:
Binaries must contain debug symbols before packaging so use either ``Debug``
or ``RelWithDebInfo`` for :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` variable value.
+ Additionally, if :variable:`CPACK_STRIP_FILES` is set, the files will be stripped before
+ they get to the RPM generator, so will not contain debug symbols and
+ a debuginfo package will not get built. Do not use with :variable:`CPACK_STRIP_FILES`.
+
.. note::
Packages generated from packages without binary files, with binary files but