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check_vmlinux: when readelf doesn't work, try harder with another way
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@ -438,8 +438,18 @@ vmlinux=''
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vmlinux_err=''
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check_vmlinux()
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{
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readelf -h "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
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return 0
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readelf -h "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1 && return 0
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# normally we would just use readelf to test for the binary, and it would be sufficient.
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# but for some archs/distros it doesn't work well (issue #82), so we add a dumber check:
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# uncompressed kernels always have the following string present
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if ! which strings >/dev/null 2>&1; then
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vmlinux_err="missing 'strings' tool, please install it, usually it's in the 'binutils' package"
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return 0
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else
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strings "$1" | grep -q '^Linux version ' && return 0
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fi
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# not found: kernel not valid
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return 1
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}
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try_decompress()
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