Re: [patch] build-id .debug files load (like .gnu_debuglink)

Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-04T03:23:47Z

> From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
> Cc: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>,
> gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 19:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > This is fine, but there's no need to quote ``debug ID'' every time you
> > use it. I quoted it only when I used it as a name of a method of
> > embedding information about the debug file; in other cases I used it
> > without quotes.
>
> The canonical term is "build ID", and I do not think it is helpful to
> introduce "debug ID" in any documentation.

We don't introduce such a new term, the above was a typo. The manual
does not use this term anywhere, it uses "build ID".

> It is also not good to use the term "signature" loosely with relation to
> build ID bits.

What alternative term would you suggest? I have no shares in this
particular word, if a good alternative exists.