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Re: STABS --> DWARF-2 on sparc-sun-solaris2.x (x >= 7)
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:31:21 -0500
- Subject: Re: STABS --> DWARF-2 on sparc-sun-solaris2.x (x >= 7)
- References: <200403311129.54987.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 01:23:41PM +0200, Eric Botcazou wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the light of the problems in the C compiler with the STABS debugging
> format, Mark has agreed to switch to DWARF-2 as the default debugging format
> on sparc-sun-solaris2.x (x >= 7) for GCC 3.4.0.
>
> Both DBX 7 and GDB 5.3/6.0 seem to grok it without the need for a special
> command line switch and DWARF-2 has been the default for 64-bit code for a
> while so the move will probably cause very few problems.
>
> Are there any specific difficulties to be expected on the GDB side? Do
> changes need to be made for the upcoming GDB 6.1?
No, GDB will need no changes. It'll just work.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer