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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: When will the gcc not include full path in the debug info
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 10:13:35PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 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.

The full pathname isn't the only thing you'd lose, I imagine!  Like
modern C++ support, macros, a routinely tested debug reader...

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery