[patch] Add --compress-debug-sections option to gas
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Wed Aug 4 16:41:00 GMT 2010
Hi Cary,
> I forgot about this until Nick reminded me. How's this?
OK - except for one small detail...
> +@item --compress-debug-sections
> +Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib. The debug sections are renamed
> +to begin with @samp{.zdebug}, and the resulting object file may not be
> +compatible with older linkers and object file utilities.
I think that you should mention that this feature is only available if
the zlib library is available on the host machine.
Cheers
Nick
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