'prelink -amR' logs 'xxxx: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .inter' when kernel-debuginfo is installed.

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Issue

  • Following messages are logged when 'prelink -amR' is run if kernel-debuginfo is installed.
# prelink -amR
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/pnmtologo.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/modsign/mod-extract.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/basic/fixdep.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/basic/docproc.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/kallsyms.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/mod/modpost.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/kconfig/conf.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
prelink: /usr/lib/debug/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debug-x86_64/scripts/conmakehash.debug: PT_INTERP segment not corresponding to .interp section
  • Could you please tell me what thease messages mean, if it is harmless and how to stop output of the messages?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
  • kernel-2.6.18-274.18.1.el5
  • prelink-0.4.0-2.el5

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