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[Bug bootstrap/59447] --with-dwarf2 should be documented as meaning "DWARF 2 or later" instead of just "DWARF 2"
- 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 Dec 2017 16:10:51 +0000
- Subject: [Bug bootstrap/59447] --with-dwarf2 should be documented as meaning "DWARF 2 or later" instead of just "DWARF 2"
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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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Summary|--with-dwarf2 is not |--with-dwarf2 should be
|propagated correctly, will |documented as meaning
|always create dwarf4 by |"DWARF 2 or later" instead
|default |of just "DWARF 2"
--- Comment #3 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Eric Gallager from comment #2)
> (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.
Updating title to reflect the actual issue