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void LocalPlainGdbAdapter::checkForReleaseBuild()
{
    // Quick check for a "release" build
    QProcess proc;
    QStringList args;
    args.append(_("-h"));
    args.append(_("-j"));
    args.append(_(".debug_info"));
    args.append(startParameters().executable);
    proc.start(_("objdump"), args);
    proc.closeWriteChannel();
    if (!proc.waitForStarted()) {
        showMessage(_("OBJDUMP PROCESS COULD NOT BE STARTED. "
            "RELEASE BUILD CHECK WILL FAIL"));
        return;
    }
    proc.waitForFinished();
    QByteArray ba = proc.readAllStandardOutput();
    // This should yield something like
    // "debuggertest:     file format elf32-i386\n\n"
    // "Sections:\nIdx Name          Size      VMA       LMA       File off  Algn\n"
    // "30 .debug_info   00087d36  00000000  00000000  0006bbd5  2**0\n"
    // " CONTENTS, READONLY, DEBUGGING"
    if (ba.contains("Sections:") && !ba.contains(".debug_info")) {
        showMessageBox(QMessageBox::Information, "Warning",
           tr("This does not seem to be a \"Debug\" build.\n"
              "Setting breakpoints by file name and line number may fail."));
    }
}