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Add gdb and glibc debuginfo to the -plus Docker images - #916

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Fjalar's CI is gaining jobs that run Valgrind's own regression tests (codespecs/fjalar#96), in the daikon-ubuntu-jdk11-plus and daikon-rockylinux-jdk25-plus images. Valgrind's gdbserver_tests need gdb and glibc's debugging information; without them, about 14 of those tests fail on every run, so they can only be listed as expected failures and don't test anything.

This PR doesn't depend on codespecs/fjalar#96 and can merge first. Ideally the images are rebuilt before #96's expected-failure lists are generated, so the lists only need to be generated once.

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Only the -plus images change: they are the ones Fjalar's CI uses, and the non-plus images don't run Valgrind's regression tests.

  • Ubuntu -plus: add gdb. (These images already install libc6-dbg, glibc's debug symbols.)
  • Rocky Linux -plus: add gdb; enable the baseos-debuginfo repository and run dnf debuginfo-install glibc (from dnf-plugins-core, which these images already install); then rpm -q glibc-debuginfo, so the image build fails if the debuginfo wasn't installed.

Edited Dockerfile-ubuntu.m4 and Dockerfile-rockylinux.m4, then regenerated with make -C scripts dockerfiles; only the -plus Dockerfiles changed.

Testing

Not yet built: I had no Docker daemon available. The images need to be rebuilt and pushed per scripts/Dockerfile-README.md; the Rocky debuginfo-install step is the one to watch (it now fails loudly if glibc-debuginfo is missing). After that, Fjalar's regtest jobs log gdb --version, and their expected-failure lists should be regenerated.

Fjalar's CI runs Valgrind's regression tests in the
daikon-ubuntu-jdk11-plus and daikon-rockylinux-jdk25-plus images.  Its
gdbserver tests fail without gdb and glibc's debugging information.
Ubuntu's -plus images already have libc6-dbg; add gdb.  Rocky Linux's
-plus images get gdb and "dnf debuginfo-install glibc".  The non-plus
images do not run those tests, so they are unchanged.
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Ubuntu image definitions add gdb to their package lists. Rocky Linux image definitions add gdb, enable the BaseOS debuginfo repository, install glibc debugging information, and verify that glibc-debuginfo is installed.

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Ubuntu plus images gain gdb, and Rocky plus images add gdb and glibc debugging symbols. The available evidence supports the setup, with no actionable merge-blocking issue identified.

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The changes are limited to development and CI images. No new container privileges or exposed services are declared, and the documented publication sequence stops when a build fails. Risk is low, with the resulting Rocky Linux package set and downstream rollout still unverified.

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  • inferred — The changed tooling is inherited by consumers of five Ubuntu plus variants and three Rocky plus variants. The supplied intent identifies Fjalar regression testing as a consumer, but does not establish the complete downstream consumer population or runtime privileges.

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  • inferred — The new Rocky commands install repository-provided packages within the existing build authority. The PR does not declare additional container authority for gdb; debugger availability alone does not establish access across a container or process security boundary. Effective downstream runtime policy remains unverified.

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  • inferred — A failed Rocky provisioning command or package check prevents the documented helper from pushing that failed build. Previously published images can remain available after failure; source ordering does not guarantee downstream freshness, successful registry publication, or rollback behavior.
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dnf debuginfo-install can exit successfully without installing anything.
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