[patch] Verify byte-by-byte if both files are the same on "remote:" [Re: [rfc] False separate debuginfo warning with "remote:" access]

[Jan Kratochvil]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:37:38 +0200, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:53:09 +0200, Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> > On the host system, GDB will take the base filename from the .gnu_debuglink
> > section and search a variety of paths for the debuginfo file.
> 
> <bite>
> This is only because the distro still does not use the normal modern way of
> /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/ way to locate the debuginfo file.
> </bite>

If the debuginfo file is not installed at all the false warning would be still
present even on .build-id system (which does not use the .debug suffix).
So .build-id does not fix it.


Regards,
Jan