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Re: Small error in manual
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf dot Wildenhues at gmx dot de>
- Cc: Reuben Thomas <rrt at sc3d dot org>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:51:01 -0700
- Subject: Re: Small error in manual
- References: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0903230157130.8739@mord.config> <20090324185005.GC3607@ins.uni-bonn.de>
Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> writes:
> 2009-03-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
>
> * doc/invoke.texi (Debugging Options): Fix description of
> -fno-merge-debug-strings.
Really the original text is slightly wrong.
> diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> index d1c86dc..8b97fa0 100644
> --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> @@ -4408,11 +4408,11 @@ This option works only with DWARF 2.
> @item -fno-merge-debug-strings
> @opindex fmerge-debug-strings
> @opindex fno-merge-debug-strings
> -Direct the linker to merge together strings which are identical in
> -different object files. This is not supported by all assemblers or
> -linker. This decreases the size of the debug information in the
> -output file at the cost of increasing link processing time. This is
> -on by default.
> +Direct the linker to not merge together strings which are identical in
> +different object files. Merging is not supported by all assemblers or
> +linker. It decreases the size of the debug information in the output
> +file at the cost of increasing link processing time. Merging is enabled
> +by default.
This option only applies to strings in debugging information. It should
say something like "Direct the linker to not merge together strings in
the debugging information which are identical in different object
files." Also I think s/It decreases/Merging decreases/.
OK with those changes.
Thanks.
Ian