--- ./scripts/find-debuginfo.sh.orig	2017-12-01 15:40:27.006764372 +0000
+++ ./scripts/find-debuginfo.sh	2017-12-01 15:41:17.270619182 +0000
@@ -348,6 +348,16 @@ while read nlinks inum f; do
       ;;
     *) continue ;;
   esac
+  # double check that we really have an ELF file,
+  # to handle monodevelop-debugger-gdb and monodevelop-debugger-mdb
+  ftype=`/usr/bin/file $f | cut -d: -f2-`
+  case $ftype in
+    *ELF*) ;;
+    *)
+       echo "$f is not an ELF file, skipping"
+       continue
+       ;;
+  esac
   if [ $nlinks -gt 1 ]; then
     var=seen_$inum
     if test -n "${!var}"; then