From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25467 invoked by alias); 19 Apr 2004 18:33:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 25458 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2004 18:33:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp6.mindspring.com) (207.69.200.110) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 19 Apr 2004 18:33:03 -0000 Received: from user-119a90a.biz.mindspring.com ([66.149.36.10] helo=berman.michael-chastain.com) by smtp6.mindspring.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BFdZf-0005Vy-00; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:32:55 -0400 Received: by berman.michael-chastain.com (Postfix, from userid 502) id 6ED414B104; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:33:22 -0400 (EDT) To: drow@false.org, mec.gnu@mindspring.com Subject: Re: [RFA/dwarf] Eliminate dwarf2_tmp_obstack Cc: eliz@gnu.org, ezannoni@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, jimb@redhat.com Message-Id: <20040419183322.6ED414B104@berman.michael-chastain.com> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:33:00 -0000 From: mec.gnu@mindspring.com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain) X-SW-Source: 2004-04/txt/msg00444.txt.bz2 > No. It was a parenthetical comment. It has nothing to do with any > submitted patch. Okay, I can go back in my cave then. :) > I do not know of any Linux distribution which changed the default to > dwarf2. The gdb doco recommends that people use dwarf-2 over stabs+ for c++ support and for macro support. But I'm getting far afield here. mec> My personal estimate/opinion is that gdb HEAD can drop support for gcc 2 mec> some time around October 2005. drow> "Making the test results worse" is a far cry from "dropping support". That's true. I'm just personally obsessed with gcc 2. Michael C