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Variable names are not being imported anymore

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
reverse-engineering

Research direction

Reproduce the issue with IDA Pro 7.6 SP1 on Windows 11 using a database containing local or global variable names. Start by tracing the BinDiff import of comments and symbols for matched functions; the work is done when those variables are ported into the matched functions.

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Description

bug enhancement

Steps to reproduce the problem:

  1. Diff against a database that has local or global variable names
  2. Import the comments & symbol
  3. Check if the variables have been ported over

What is the expected behavior?

The variables in the matched functions should be ported over.

What went wrong?

The variables are not ported over.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

  • Windows 11 64bit
  • Ida Pro 7.6 SP1
  • BinDiff 7

Ported from b/206972653

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