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Re: sysroot and softlinks
- From: <Paul_Koning at Dell dot com>
- To: <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- Cc: <schwab at suse dot de>, <gdb at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 16:53:55 +0000
- Subject: Re: sysroot and softlinks
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- References: <736EC98D-ED8D-4179-B82A-984C249E1D8E at dell dot com> <mvmvb9h3if7 dot fsf at hawking dot suse dot de> <459291D3-52A1-40B7-A142-42B8646F889A at dell dot com> <20151104164827 dot GA20097 at host1 dot jankratochvil dot net>
> On Nov 4, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:58:07 +0100, Paul_Koning@Dell.com wrote:
>> One possible answer is not to handle that case. Another possibility is to
>> try that if the sysroot-prefixed version doesn't work.
>
> With build-ids (pending patchset "Validate binary before use") it should be
> safe to try both.
Thanks Jan.
It sounds like this is a useful change. I'll take a look to see if I can construct it, if yes I'll propose the patch.
paul