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Bug 903591 - RFE: Show which debuginfo RPMs are missing not which symbols are unresolved
Summary: RFE: Show which debuginfo RPMs are missing not which symbols are unresolved
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: abrt
Version: 6.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: abrt
QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-01-24 11:13 UTC by Alexander Todorov
Modified: 2013-08-08 09:25 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Enhancement
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-08-08 09:25:57 UTC
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2013-01-24 11:13 UTC, Alexander Todorov 		no flags Details
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Description Alexander Todorov 2013-01-24 11:13:23 UTC 
Created attachment 686663 [details]
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Description of problem:

I had experienced Firefox crash and wanted to report it. 

Let alone the fact that ABRT requires me to run it as root in order to install packages it tells me it can't find 90 debug files. See screenshot. 

The issue is that ABRT gives me a list of the missing files but not the name of their packages or at least the name of the libraries/binaries. I have to manually search the provides for each debug file and install it by hand. 


Please improve this.
Comment 1 Denys Vlasenko 2013-02-27 13:02:18 UTC 
You can use "yum install FILE(s)" to make yum find and install packages which contain those FILEs. This trick works for debuginfos too.
Comment 2 Denys Vlasenko 2013-02-27 13:30:04 UTC 
Another problem is that we can't tell you the names of the packages because we don't know them. Otherwise (if we'd know the package names), we'd be able to install them, and there will be no "Missing debuginfo file" messages.
Comment 3 Alexander Todorov 2013-02-28 09:58:39 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Another problem is that we can't tell you the names of the packages because
> we don't know them. Otherwise (if we'd know the package names), we'd be able
> to install them, and there will be no "Missing debuginfo file" messages.

Can't you use "yum install FILE(s)" as you suggest then?
Comment 4 Jiri Moskovcak 2013-08-08 09:25:57 UTC 
(In reply to Alexander Todorov from comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > Another problem is that we can't tell you the names of the packages because
> > we don't know them. Otherwise (if we'd know the package names), we'd be able
> > to install them, and there will be no "Missing debuginfo file" messages.
> 
> Can't you use "yum install FILE(s)" as you suggest then?

The reason for missing debuginfo files is the failed yum install FILE(s) so no, we can't improve it. It usually means, that you have installed something which is not in enabled repositories or is not packaged at all. And that's the reason why ABRT can't find the debuginfo. Denys's suggestion is mainly for debugging the issue, because if you're able to find the package running that command, then it means there is a bug in abrt.
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