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Diffstat (limited to 'libdwfl/libdwfl.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | libdwfl/libdwfl.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libdwfl/libdwfl.h b/libdwfl/libdwfl.h index 2bb4f455..1098c833 100644 --- a/libdwfl/libdwfl.h +++ b/libdwfl/libdwfl.h @@ -275,12 +275,14 @@ extern int dwfl_module_build_id (Dwfl_Module *mod, In searches for debuginfo by name, if the remainder of the element is empty, the directory containing the main file is tried; if it's an absolute path name, the absolute directory path - containing the main file is taken as a subdirectory of this path; - a relative path name is taken as a subdirectory of the directory - containing the main file. Hence for /bin/ls, the default string - ":.debug:/usr/lib/debug" says to look in /bin, then /bin/.debug, - then /usr/lib/debug/bin, for the file name in the .gnu_debuglink - section (or "ls.debug" if none was found). */ + (and any subdirectory of that path) containing the main file is + taken as a subdirectory of this path; a relative path name is taken + as a subdirectory of the directory containing the main file. + Hence for /usr/bin/ls, the default string ":.debug:/usr/lib/debug" + says to look in /usr/bin, then /usr/bin/.debug, then the path subdirs + under /usr/lib/debug, in the order /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin, then + /usr/lib/debug/bin, and finally /usr/lib/debug, for the file name in + the .gnu_debuglink section (or "ls.debug" if none was found). */ /* Standard find_elf callback function working solely on build ID. This can be tried first by any find_elf callback, to use the |