From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 91011 invoked by alias); 25 Oct 2019 14:39:25 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 91003 invoked by uid 89); 25 Oct 2019 14:39:25 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-8.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy= X-HELO: gateway31.websitewelcome.com Received: from gateway31.websitewelcome.com (HELO gateway31.websitewelcome.com) (192.185.143.40) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:39:24 +0000 Received: from cm14.websitewelcome.com (cm14.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.7]) by gateway31.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8A2E7247B for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:39:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id O0kLizvPNBnGaO0kLizcoe; Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:39:21 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=DuYAy+44i/teg7z6AZAFWDy51U0NDlsugwKRhoonVdc=; b=bsPBQNTTEP9ZfjW+lhgi4nS3iq 2UZnkP/Q/6G2o8Vfx/8thEccjsDmXYbk2IzlY8Pi6k8zt+AnigY+Vh5P9nBnqo14EWeATRvVcve5U EIZo7lDHuREjrXiedgYImntGc; Received: from 75-166-66-104.hlrn.qwest.net ([75.166.66.104]:34842 helo=murgatroyd) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1iO0kL-001r7h-Mf; Fri, 25 Oct 2019 08:39:21 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Tom de Vries Cc: Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Do we need to support PIE + stabs? References: <20190816155753.GA22229@delia> <87y2xudlj5.fsf@tromey.com> <79870605-9b6b-bee0-ea91-99303c79f220@suse.de> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:39:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <79870605-9b6b-bee0-ea91-99303c79f220@suse.de> (Tom de Vries's message of "Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:18:52 +0200") Message-ID: <874kzwq487.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2019-10/txt/msg00913.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Tom" == Tom de Vries writes: >> Do we need to support PIE + stabs? Can we just declare stabs as mostly >> dead and ignore this instead? On the whole that would be my preference, >> if it's possible, because in my view this more closely mirrors >> reality... my understanding is that, last time anybody checked, stabs >> were still used by a few programs in a typical distro (for some unknown >> reason), but otherwise they are just totally obsolete. Tom> I don't know the answer to that, and I think it's a question broader Tom> than suggested by the current subject, so, promoting the question to the Tom> subject. No-one has answered yet... I still think the answer is "no" for the reasons outlined above. thanks, Tom