From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22017 invoked by alias); 4 Sep 2007 03:23:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 22009 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Sep 2007 03:23:46 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from romy.inter.net.il (HELO romy.inter.net.il) (213.8.233.24) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:23:39 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([81.5.51.205]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id IUN67854 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 06:23:22 +0300 (IDT) Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:23:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Roland McGrath CC: jan.kratochvil@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20070904022123.458E44D04CC@magilla.localdomain> (message from Roland McGrath on Mon, 3 Sep 2007 19:21:23 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: [patch] build-id .debug files load (like .gnu_debuglink) Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20070904022123.458E44D04CC@magilla.localdomain> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-09/txt/msg00041.txt.bz2 > From: Roland McGrath > Cc: Jan Kratochvil , > 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.