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Re: dwarflint allow strange combinations of attribute/form in gnu mode
- From: Petr Machata <pmachata at redhat dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:19:26 +0200
- Subject: Re: dwarflint allow strange combinations of attribute/form in gnu mode
Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com> writes:
> On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 12:53 +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
>> I came across a strange combination of new attribute with old form for
>> gcc. When gcc isn't using -gstrict-dwarf, it allows attributes from
>> newer versions, but doesn't use new forms, even if such an attribute
>> would need that. So this patch allows that (in particular for
>> DW_AT_ranges for dwarf2), but only in gnu mode. Does this look like a
>> sane solution?
>
> On irc Petr told me he didn't like the creeping of the version as state
> into dwarf_gnu. So this simpler version, just allows it as gnu extension
> in general. Petr, does this new patch look better?
Much, thanks.
PM