gdb acceptance of gcc's -feliminate-dwarf2-dups code

gdb acceptance of gcc's -feliminate-dwarf2-dups code

[Craig Jeffree]

Hi,
	Back in January someone provided a patch to allow gdb to accept code
generated with the gcc option -feliminate-dwarf2-dups.  This patch could
not be accepted for various reasons detailed in a thread on gdb-patches
(http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-01/msg00386.html).

	At the time others indicated that this feature would be added very
soon, however it appears as though it is still outstanding.  Is this
correct?  Is anyone working on a patch for this feature?  We are stuck
using gcc 2.95.3 because our debug binary is over 900M already, it gets
_much_ bigger if we use gcc 3.x - however this duplicate removal helps
keep the blowout somewhat reasonable.

	Are there others who need this patch?

Cheers,
Craig.

Re: gdb acceptance of gcc's -feliminate-dwarf2-dups code

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 10:33:44AM +1000, Craig Jeffree wrote:
> Hi,
> 	Back in January someone provided a patch to allow gdb to accept code
> generated with the gcc option -feliminate-dwarf2-dups.  This patch could
> not be accepted for various reasons detailed in a thread on gdb-patches
> (http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-01/msg00386.html).
> 
> 	At the time others indicated that this feature would be added very
> soon, however it appears as though it is still outstanding.  Is this
> correct?  Is anyone working on a patch for this feature?  We are stuck
> using gcc 2.95.3 because our debug binary is over 900M already, it gets
> _much_ bigger if we use gcc 3.x - however this duplicate removal helps
> keep the blowout somewhat reasonable.
> 
> 	Are there others who need this patch?

As the list archives will show, the drow_intercu-20040221-branch
supports this.  I am in the process of submitting it to HEAD, but I
have not had time to revise the most recent piece.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz

Re: gdb acceptance of gcc's -feliminate-dwarf2-dups code

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 10:33:44AM +1000, Craig Jeffree wrote:
> Hi,
> 	Back in January someone provided a patch to allow gdb to accept code
> generated with the gcc option -feliminate-dwarf2-dups.  This patch could
> not be accepted for various reasons detailed in a thread on gdb-patches
> (http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-01/msg00386.html).
> 
> 	At the time others indicated that this feature would be added very
> soon, however it appears as though it is still outstanding.  Is this
> correct?  Is anyone working on a patch for this feature?  We are stuck
> using gcc 2.95.3 because our debug binary is over 900M already, it gets
> _much_ bigger if we use gcc 3.x - however this duplicate removal helps
> keep the blowout somewhat reasonable.
> 
> 	Are there others who need this patch?

Hi Craig,

FYI, the next release of GDB or current CVS snapshots should work OK.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz