Re: [rfc/NEWS] GDB works with GCC -feliminate-dwarf2-dups.

Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-17T18:31:48Z

On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 02:12:04PM -0400, Michael Chastain wrote:
> This looks like NEWS to me.
>
> Daniel, did I get the details right?

Sort of... I'd say:

GDB now supports a more compact representation of DWARF-2 debug
information using DW_FORM_ref_addr references. These are produced by
some commercial compilers, and by GCC's -feliminate-dwarf2-dups
option. You must use GCC 3.3.4 or later to use this option.

How's that?

>
> Eli, is this okay?
>
> ===
>
> 2004-10-17 Michael Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>
>
> * NEWS: GDB works with GCC -feliminate-dwarf2-dups.
>
> Index: NEWS
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/NEWS,v
> retrieving revision 1.161
> diff -c -3 -p -r1.161 NEWS
> *** NEWS 12 Aug 2004 21:44:19 -0000 1.161
> --- NEWS 17 Oct 2004 18:07:34 -0000
> ***************
> *** 1,7 ****
> What has changed in GDB?
> (Organized release by release)
>
> ! *** Changes since GDB 6.2:
>
> *** Changes in GDB 6.2.1:
>
> --- 1,12 ----
> What has changed in GDB?
> (Organized release by release)
>
> ! *** Changes since GDB 6.2.1:
> !
> ! * GDB works with GCC -feliminate-dwarf2-dups
> !
> ! GDB now works with programs compiled with -feliminate-dwarf2-dups.
> ! You must use GCC 3.3.4 or later to use this option.
>
> *** Changes in GDB 6.2.1:
>
>

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Daniel Jacobowitz