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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-06-12 03:50:40 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-06-12 03:50:40 +0000
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ or parse ELF core files.*
ELF binaries get stamped with a unique, build-time generated hex string identifier called `build-id`,
[which gets embedded as an ELF note called `.note.gnu.build-id`](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureBuildId).
-In most cases, this allows to associate a stripped binary with its debugging information.
+In most cases, this allows a stripped binary to be associated with its debugging information.
It is used, for example, to dynamically fetch DWARF symbols from a debuginfo server, or
to query the local package manager and find out the package metadata or, again, the DWARF
symbols or program sources.