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[Bug debug/8108] Problem in the code generator for C and the linker is extremelly slow
- From: "pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:49:41 +0000
- Subject: [Bug debug/8108] Problem in the code generator for C and the linker is extremelly slow
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- References: <bug-8108-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8108
--- Comment #15 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-01-20 02:49:41 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> actually this is a problem where GCC *can* help, as demonstrated
> by the patch linked to from comment #10
That patch just disables the merging of the debugging strings which means the
debugging info will be much larger than needed. This is still better solved in
the LD really. It might be the case it already has but I have not looked into
binutils linker sources lately.