From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dd14210.kasserver.com (dd14210.kasserver.com [85.13.138.83]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1222E38582A9 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2022 19:44:46 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 1222E38582A9 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=milianw.de Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=milianw.de Received: from agathemoarbauer.localnet (p54a1bbed.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.161.187.237]) by dd14210.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1C08B240115; Wed, 6 Jul 2022 21:44:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Milian Wolff To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" Cc: elfutils-devel@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Expanding control over debuginfod usage from dwfl [was: Re: Questions regarding debuginfod.h API] Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:44:44 +0200 Message-ID: <4558765.LvFx2qVVIh@agathemoarbauer> In-Reply-To: <20220706194133.GE9702@redhat.com> References: <5817622.lOV4Wx5bFT@agathemoarbauer> <5731070.DvuYhMxLoT@agathemoarbauer> <20220706194133.GE9702@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spamd-Bar: - X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: elfutils-devel@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Elfutils-devel mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 19:44:47 -0000 On Mittwoch, 6. Juli 2022 21:41:33 CEST Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > Hi - > > > a) Notifying the user that a download is ongoing. Right now, it feels like > > the tool is frozen as no feedback is given to the user. > > Right, can you explain how DEBUGINFOD_PROGRESS=1 is not a good fit in your > case? As you said yourself: > There is a > DEBUGINFOD_PROGRESS env var with which it can activate some > notification to stderr, but that's about it. I'm working on GUI applications (hotspot [1], gammaray [2]), people do not look at the command line output. I want to show the download progress and status graphically instead. [1]: https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/ [2]: https://github.com/KDAB/gammaray -- Milian Wolff http://milianw.de