Debugging symbols shipped on deploy

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Published on 2010-03-12T22:03:06Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 22:07 UTC
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I wonder why software shall be deployed with its related debugging symbols. What are advantages and disadvantages? Are there code revealing issues (information security related issues)?

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