Hi -
Through some comments on phoronix [0], just became (re?)aware of the
neat clear-linux debuginfo server facility [1]. It's similar to the
nixos one we have mentioned before in that it relies on a local fuse
server expose remote debuginfo artifacts under /usr/src,
/usr/lib/debug etc. to local tools. The server side relies on a web
server [2] that has a carefully unpacked, unified-namespace tree of
all the artifacts into individual .tar files. This has some
pros/cons, naturally.
Some contrasts in a tabular form:
clear-linux elfutils
indexed by filename by buildid
client side sw fuse server apprx. none
server side sw plain file server debuginfod
server side disk unpacked, unified-namespace layout orig pkg set
multi-version maybe, if /usr/src/XXXX filenames unique no problem
multi-arch req. separate servers no problem
multi-distro req. separate servers one server ok
Neat system. I wonder how interoperation would work.
(cc:'ing a few clearlinux folks just for their information.)
[0]
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Red-Hat-FOSDEM-debuginfod
[1] https://docs.01.org/clearlinux/latest/guides/clear/debug.html
[2] https://download.clearlinux.org/debuginfo/
- FChE
