[$] Compact formats for debuggingand more

Date:
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:32:33 +0000

Description:
At the 2025 Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo, Stephen Brennan gave a presentation on the debuginfo
format , which contains the symbols and other information needed for
debugging, along with some alternatives. Debuginfo files are large and, he believes, are a bit scary to customers because of the "debug" in their name.
By rethinking debuginfo and the tools that use it, he hopes that
free-software developers " can add new, interesting capabilities to tools
that we are already using or build new interesting tools ".

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1057295/


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