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Re: [RFA take 4] Allow setting breakpoints on inline functions (PR 10738)
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>
- Cc: Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:38:31 +0100
- Subject: Re: [RFA take 4] Allow setting breakpoints on inline functions (PR 10738)
- References: <20120213184700.GA31170@redhat.com> <20120214093344.GA2439@toonder.wildebeest.org>
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:33:45 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> I think you should keep the historical information about older
> versions and add precisely which symbols weren't included with
> version 5 that are now included with version 6 in the documentation
> of the gdb index format. That will be helpful for other producers
> and consumers of the .gdb_index section (elfutils/binutils readelf,
> gold --gdb-index option).
So far GDB sources kept only documentation from the recognized formats.
Such change would have to be done retroactively.
I do not think it makes sense to give much energy to deal with older formats,
distros do a mass-rebuild from time to time anyway (some even nightly) and
.gdb_index contains no extra information over the real DWARF.
Sure it is great to have readelf available for the current valid format.
Thanks,
Jan