On Fri, 31 May 2024 16:30:37 -0400 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergi...@debian.org> wrote: > Source: linux > Version: 6.8.11-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear maintainer, > > Upon investigating why Debian's linux-perf does not support debuginfod, > I found the following excerpt on its rules file[1]: > > # perf can link against libdebuginfod if available, but the result is > # undistributable for the same reason. Override detection of > # libdebuginfod. > MAKE_PERF += NO_LIBDEBUGINFOD=1 > > This picked my attention, as I am not aware of any licensing issues that > might prevent linux-perf from linking against libdebuginfod. > > While looking at debuginfod source files[2], I found that libdebuginfod > is actually composed of a single file[3]: > > libdebuginfod_a_SOURCES = debuginfod-client.c > libdebuginfod_pic_a_SOURCES = debuginfod-client.c > > and that debuginfod-client.c is dual-licensed GPL-3+ and GPL-2+[4]: [...]
Thank you for pointing this out. I disabled use of debuginfod on 26/12/2022, and it looks like I missed your update to the elfutils debian/copyright file on 21/12/2022 that would have made the dual licensing of this library clear. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Quantity is no substitute for quality, but it's the only one we've got.
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