On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 14:12 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 01:08:17PM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > > JK> * build-id file /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/xx/yyyy...yyy which is a > > JK> symlink to the main ELF file. > > JK> * build-id.debug file /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/xx/yyyy...yyy.debug > > JK> which is a symlink to the .debug ELF file. > > JK> * The .debug files under /usr/lib/debug/ with file path names > > JK> mirroring the main ELF file paths under / with .debug added. > > > Please do not use a hidden directory for this. There is no reason for > > it, and it only adds confusion and rpmlint complaints that packagers > > can't control at all. > > I don't know if there are any advantages to a hidden directory here, > but... at the very least we should fix rpmlint to not give errors, as > part of this change. I believe this has always been a hidden directory name that is expected to be called that way by various tools. The origin of the name probably hidden somewhere in history. BTW there is a bug and a patch for rpmlint to not complain about it already: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431408 Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
