From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27237 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2012 09:38:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 27229 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Feb 2012 09:38:54 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:38:38 +0000 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q1E9ca2w009500 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:38:36 -0500 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-26.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.26]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q1E9cW97017683 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:38:34 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:38:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Mark Wielaard Cc: Gary Benson , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFA take 4] Allow setting breakpoints on inline functions (PR 10738) Message-ID: <20120214093831.GA31790@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: <20120213184700.GA31170@redhat.com> <20120214093344.GA2439@toonder.wildebeest.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120214093344.GA2439@toonder.wildebeest.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-02/txt/msg00255.txt.bz2 On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:33:45 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote: > I think you should keep the historical information about older > versions and add precisely which symbols weren't included with > version 5 that are now included with version 6 in the documentation > of the gdb index format. That will be helpful for other producers > and consumers of the .gdb_index section (elfutils/binutils readelf, > gold --gdb-index option). So far GDB sources kept only documentation from the recognized formats. Such change would have to be done retroactively. I do not think it makes sense to give much energy to deal with older formats, distros do a mass-rebuild from time to time anyway (some even nightly) and .gdb_index contains no extra information over the real DWARF. Sure it is great to have readelf available for the current valid format. Thanks, Jan