Hi - > So I guess, sans the format, the feature request would just be that > it would have a shortcut for file URLs to produce the path directly > in response to e.g. a debuginfod_find_debuginfo, rather than making > a copy of the file via libcurl.
A compromise solution could be for new code to produce a symlink in the .cache/debuginfod_client directory that points to the matching file:// bit, and return that symlink name/fd to the calling app. At future accesses, the client can determine if the symlink is broken and reject/unlink it. - FChE