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[Bug bootstrap/59447] --with-dwarf2 is not propagated correctly, will always create dwarf4 by default
- From: "egallager at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:13:39 +0000
- Subject: [Bug bootstrap/59447] --with-dwarf2 is not propagated correctly, will always create dwarf4 by default
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- References: <bug-59447-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59447
Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW
Last reconfirmed| |2017-09-07
Ever confirmed|0 |1
--- Comment #2 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to joseph@codesourcery.com from comment #1)
> This is a documentation bug - the installation manual should make clear
> that "DWARF 2" in the description of this option means DWARF 2 or later,
> as appropriate for the target, as opposed to (for example) STABS.
Confirmed, the documentation for --with-dwarf2 is still just:
--with-dwarf2
Specify that the compiler should use DWARF 2 debugging information as the
default.