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Re: gdb acceptance of gcc's -feliminate-dwarf2-dups code
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Craig Jeffree <craig dot jeffree at preston dot net>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:35:30 -0400
- Subject: Re: gdb acceptance of gcc's -feliminate-dwarf2-dups code
- References: <1094603624.14297.88.camel@cosmo.preston.net>
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