https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=cf1b5fe170fa24f32871ef284ff2968c73816f98 

commit cf1b5fe170fa24f32871ef284ff2968c73816f98
Author: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 6 17:20:00 2019 +0100

    Make sure to always build with build-ids.
    
    We really need build-ids for various things.  If the system compiler
    doesn't generate build-ids warn and generate them anyway for both the
    binaries and the tests.
    
    Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5a2dc373..36a6b6c2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ if test "$ac_cv_zdefs" = "yes"; then
 	dso_LDFLAGS="$dso_LDFLAGS $ZDEFS_LDFLAGS"
 fi
 
+# We really want build-ids. Warn and force generating them if gcc was
+# configure without --enable-linker-build-id
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether the compiler generates build-ids], ac_cv_buildid, [dnl
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()],[ac_cv_buildid=yes; readelf -n conftest$EXEEXT | grep -q NT_GNU_BUILD_ID || ac_cv_buildid=no],AC_MSG_FAILURE([unexpected compile failure]))])
+if test "$ac_cv_buildid" = "no"; then
+	AC_MSG_WARN([compiler doesn't generate build-id by default])
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--build-id"
+fi
+
 ZRELRO_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro"
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether gcc supports $ZRELRO_LDFLAGS], ac_cv_zrelro, [dnl
 save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
diff --git a/tests/run-debuginfod-find.sh b/tests/run-debuginfod-find.sh
index 6f92fbf1..6533996a 100755
--- a/tests/run-debuginfod-find.sh
+++ b/tests/run-debuginfod-find.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export DEBUGINFOD_TIMEOUT=10
 # cannot find it without debuginfod.
 echo "int main() { return 0; }" > ${PWD}/prog.c
 tempfiles prog.c
-gcc -g -o prog ${PWD}/prog.c
+gcc -Wl,--build-id -g -o prog ${PWD}/prog.c
 testrun ${abs_top_builddir}/src/strip -g -f prog.debug ${PWD}/prog
 BUILDID=`env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ldpath ${abs_builddir}/../src/readelf \
           -a prog | grep 'Build ID' | cut -d ' ' -f 7`
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ cmp $filename  ${PWD}/prog.c
 # Build another, non-stripped binary
 echo "int main() { return 0; }" > ${PWD}/prog2.c
 tempfiles prog2.c
-gcc -g -o prog2 ${PWD}/prog2.c
+gcc -Wl,--build-id -g -o prog2 ${PWD}/prog2.c
 BUILDID2=`env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ldpath ${abs_builddir}/../src/readelf \
           -a prog2 | grep 'Build ID' | cut -d ' ' -f 7`
 
--- a/configure	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ b/configure	2019-12-11 14:18:11.812008097 +0100
@@ -5325,6 +5325,43 @@
 	dso_LDFLAGS="$dso_LDFLAGS $ZDEFS_LDFLAGS"
 fi
 
+# We really want build-ids. Warn and force generating them if gcc was
+# configure without --enable-linker-build-id
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether the compiler generates build-ids" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether the compiler generates build-ids... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_buildid+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_buildid=yes; readelf -n conftest$EXEEXT | grep -q NT_GNU_BUILD_ID || ac_cv_buildid=no
+else
+  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+as_fn_error $? "unexpected compile failure
+See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_buildid" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_buildid" >&6; }
+if test "$ac_cv_buildid" = "no"; then
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: compiler doesn't generate build-id by default" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: compiler doesn't generate build-id by default" >&2;}
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--build-id"
+fi
+
 ZRELRO_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro"
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether gcc supports $ZRELRO_LDFLAGS" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether gcc supports $ZRELRO_LDFLAGS... " >&6; }