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Re: build id computation

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
To: Jan Blunck <jblunck at suse dot de>
Cc: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org, roland at redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:57:52 -0500
Subject: Re: build id computation
References: <20081118112528.GD16575@bolzano.suse.de> <m3ej19owqw.fsf@google.com> <20081118160335.GF16575@bolzano.suse.de> <m3abbxos5p.fsf@google.com> <20081118174847.GH16575@bolzano.suse.de>

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 06:48:47PM +0100, Jan Blunck wrote:
> For rpm based distributions there is a tool called debugedit available in
> rpm. It was aimed to rewrite the paths in the line number program. Now it is
> also recomputing the build id because the line number program changes. I don't
> think that this is strictly necessary but I wanted to bring this up and
> discuss the way how the checksum is computed in general.

Why is it recomputing the build ID at all?  The checksum is an
implementation detail for selecting the build ID, it's not used to
verify the build ID later.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

References:
- build id computation
  - From: Jan Blunck
- Re: build id computation
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: build id computation
  - From: Jan Blunck
- Re: build id computation
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: build id computation
  - From: Jan Blunck

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