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Re: [patch] contrib/gdb-add-index.sh: chmod u+w
On 01/06/2017 07:33 PM, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:37:10 +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
>> in Fedora 24 it still worked, in Fedora 25 it does not - *-debuginfo.rpm
>> no longer have the .gdb_index accelerating section now.
>>
>> It happens because:
>> objcopy: unable to copy file 'foo.debug'; reason: Permission denied
>>
>> *.debug files in Fedora were always 444 but the time gdb-add-index is run is
>> still before the *.debug split and in Fedora 24 the files were -rwxr-xr-x
>> that time while in Fedora 25 they are apparently no longer w.
>
> The problem was in Fedora /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh script regression.
>
> This GDB contrib/ patch is not required to make Fedora working.
>
> Although I find it as a good improvement anyway so keeping it here submitted.
Not sure I agree; looks like a hack to me. :-/
Since it's not needed, it seems better to me to keep the code simpler.
Thanks,
Pedro Alves