Re: [PATCH] Remove download size from debuginfod progress messages

[Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>]

On 3/22/22 17:34, Aaron Merey wrote:
> Currently debuginfod progress update messages include the size of
> each download:
> 
>    Downloading 7.5 MB separate debug info /lib/libxyz.so.0
> 
> This value originates from the Content-Length HTTP header of the
> transfer.  However this header is not guaranteed to be present for
> each download.  This can happen when debuginfod servers compress files
> on-the-fly at the time of transfer.  In this case gdb wrongly prints
> "-0.00 MB" as the size.

I realize this is an interim patch to address an issue currently
under development, and I'm okay with that. There are a lot of
people that use devel versions of gdb to do work. [At least I
hope I'm not alone!]

However, I would really rather not simply remove all download
sizes. If we can detect the condition that would print the unhelpful
"-0.00 MB", then *just* removing the download size for that case (or
printing "unknown" or something) would be my preferred path.

YMMV, and I am not a maintainer, etc.

Keith