From 25114db1ce9c65a1b6844b9541c28f6e960821d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fche Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:42:06 +0000 Subject: PR2521: configurable debuginfo search path 2008-01-23 Frank Ch. Eigler PR 2151 * tapsets.cxx (dwflpp::setup): Parametrize debuginfo_path. * stap.1.in: Document this. PR 2521. * systemtap.base/debugpath.exp: New test. --- stap.1.in | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'stap.1.in') diff --git a/stap.1.in b/stap.1.in index 16a799cf..05eecda2 100644 --- a/stap.1.in +++ b/stap.1.in @@ -932,7 +932,14 @@ The location of kernel module building infrastructure. @prefix@/lib/debug/lib/modules/VERSION The location of kernel debugging information when packaged into the .IR kernel\-debuginfo -RPM. +RPM, unless overridden by the +.I SYSTEMTAP_DEBUGINFO_PATH +environment variable. The default value for this variable is +.IR \-:.debug:/usr/lib/debug . +This path is interpreted by elfutils as a list of base directories of +which various subdirectories will be searched. The \- at the front +means to skip CRC matching for separated debug objects and is a small +performance win if no possible corruption is suspected. .TP @prefix@/bin/staprun The auxiliary program supervising module loading, interaction, and -- cgit