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Re: Deprecate dwarf and mdebug support, delete nlm?
- From: Tim Combs <tcombs at urbana dot css dot mot dot com>
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec at shout dot net>
- Cc: dberlin at dberlin dot org, ac131313 at redhat dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 10:23:45 -0500
- Subject: Re: Deprecate dwarf and mdebug support, delete nlm?
- References: <200305041608.h44G8PwG012287@duracef.shout.net>
I don't think its a fair measure to equate number of patches with value.
I've still got users who are using commercial compilers that emit dwarf1 and
it would be a great loss to these users if dwarf1 went away.
Tim
> Here is the URL for one guy who has a diab compiler and wanted
> to improve gdb dwarf-1 support:
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2002-07/msg00505.html
>
> That's the extent of interest in dwarf-1: two people in the past year
> with diab compiler: this guy, and one other that I didn't dig up
> the URL for yet.
>
> Michael C