From 9bbc3b84c95d6ff08bbce80517ab83494b08cdac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Cotton Date: May 10 2022 00:43:08 +0000 Subject: Add a note for package information on ELF objects Fixes #769 --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/developers/Developers.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/developers/Developers.adoc index 1488cd6..655b0ad 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/developers/Developers.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/developers/Developers.adoc @@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ include::{partialsdir}/entities.adoc[] This section lists changes in Fedora {PRODVER} relevant to developers. Use the navigation tab on the left to view release notes for various languages. + +[[package-elf]] +== Package information on ELF objects + +Beginning in Fedora Linux 36, all executables and shared libraries are annotated with an ELF note that identifies the RPM for which the file was built. +This allows binaries to be identified when they are distributed without any of the RPM metadata. +_systemd-coredump_ uses this to log package versions when reporting crashes.