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Re: What to do with info addr and location expressions
Hi Guys,
> > Andrew wrote:
> > That would mean bundling the binutils directory in with GDB. Hmm ...
> DJ replied:
> bfd/ perhaps?
Except that that then ruins the plan that readelf should be buildable
without libbfd.a.
> Doug wrote:
>
> I'd rather not have gdb ship with ./binutils.
OK.
> Why not create a new TLD named elf or dwarf or some such and include
> it in binutils and gdb distributions.
>
> I don't have an opinion on whether one would care whether this particular
> directory has multiple libraries (libelf, libdwarf).
> If one finds that unpalatable, call it dwarf and begin a libdwarf now
> (or whatever). It needed be all-singing/all-dancing in its first cut.
I would be open to this idea.
Cheers
Nick