On 2015-09-22 07:30, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
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>> And why does it still work when i install back 1.4.0-2 ?
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> well, if -2 and -3 didn't change symbols (e.g. you didn't patch the source code),
> why shouldn't it work?
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> (I'm not sure to know how exactly the build.ids are mapped to the binary code, but I guess
> they work as long as the symbols table don't change)
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The debug package needs a strictly equal dependency on the original
package, such as: "foo (= ${binary:Version})". That is orthogonal to
the usage of build-ids (that is, you must use the strictly equal with or
without build-id based debug paths).
As for the build-id and how it is computed. It is based on the
internals of the ELF binary including but not limited to:
* The path where the binaries were compiled
* The options given to gcc when compiled
* Time and day, if such are included in the code (__DATE__ macros
and such).
Thanks,
~Niels
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