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Re: [repost] Re: RFC: support debug info in separate files
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
- To: Jim Blandy <jimb at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:53:15 +0200 (IST)
- Subject: Re: [repost] Re: RFC: support debug info in separate files
On 23 Dec 2002, Jim Blandy wrote:
> - The documentation has been completely rewritten, and provides much
> more detail. It includes all the information needed to implement
Thanks. The doco patch is approved (assuming that the code is
accepted). I have a few minor change requests:
> + @cindex .debug subdirectories
Please use the normal markup in @cindex entries, in this case .debug
should be in @file...
> + @cindex .gnu_debuglink sections
...and here .gnu_debuglink should be in @code.
> + Drepper's @file{elfutils} package, starting with version 0.53,
> + contains a version of the @code{strip} command such that the command
> + @samp{strip foo -f foo.debug} removes the debugging information from
I think it's better to put commands users type in @kbd instead of @samp.
But I don't object to @samp if you like it better.
> + @kindex gnu_debuglink_crc32
> + @example
> + unsigned long
> + gnu_debuglink_crc32 (unsigned long crc, unsigned char *buf, size_t len)
IIRC, we decided to use @smallexample throughout. Also, the last line
above is too long even for @smallexample (will produce overfull hbox
warnings from TeX), so please break it into 2 lines.
Thanks again for such a clear and concise description.