On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:39:23 +0100, Roman Tsisyk wrote:
> -debuginfo should be for the same build version as a binary itself.
> Most users never install -debuginfo.

GDB instructs them they should:
$ gdb -q xvinfo
Reading symbols from xvinfo...Reading symbols from /root/xvinfo...(no debugging 
symbols found)...done.
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Missing separate debuginfos, use: dnf debuginfo-install 
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-20.fc23.x86_64
(gdb) _


> I'm not sure that old packages are tracked somewhere for, say, rawhide.

Only in ABRT server retracing infrastructure.  They are also tracked in
darkserver build-id to NVRA mapper (that should be under some rework).

But debugging old packages from Rawhide does not make much sense IMO, it is
more meaningful for RHEL/CentOS servers.


Jan
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