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diff --git a/docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md b/docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md index 6cb3f78..176f574 100644 --- a/docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md +++ b/docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ or parse ELF core files.* ## Motivation -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). +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. 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 |