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Added new chapter on debuginfod (jsc#SLE-20452) #1177

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PR creator: Are there any relevant issues/feature requests?

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I would also mention that debuginfod can be used in various tools, but one needs typically the latest release (https://sourceware.org/elfutils/Debuginfod.html Clients).

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Developers often need to solve bugs in software packages. Debugging tools,
for example GDB, use information contained in special files that are not
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Can you please verify if debuginfod is enabled in the GDB version we ship in SLE15SP4? If not, we should emphasize that as it is a primary use case.

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it is not :-(

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I'm going to ask my colleague if we can enable the support as SLE15SP4 contains the latest release of gdb.

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i got the info from Michael Matz that default support in gdb is not going to be enabled in SLE 15 product line

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However, there's a high chance we can deliver the functionality in the next Toolchain module update (Autumn 2022).

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Accepted a suggestion

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