Re: When will the gcc not include full path in the debug info

Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-20T20:13:56Z

> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:05:56 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
> >
> > In GDB manual, section "Specifying source directories", it says
> > "Executable programs sometimes do not record the directories of the
> > source files from which they were compiled, just the names."
> >
> > I am curious when will this rule take effect? I have checked the gcc
> > man page, seems no ways to let it use only the file name instead full
> > path.
>
> It depends what compiler you're using. I don't know any way to make
> GCC do this

IIRC, there _is_ a way to do this: use COFF debug info (if you can).
It has place only for the file name, not the leading directories.