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Re: why no gcc3_compiled symbol
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo dot msbb dot uc dot edu>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:36:44 -0400
- Subject: Re: why no gcc3_compiled symbol
- References: <200207311923.PAA72280@bromo.msbb.uc.edu>
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 03:23:07PM -0400, Jack Howarth wrote:
> Andreas,
> Thats fine as I am currently testing proposed patches to the
> XFree86 loader for HJ. However what I was actually wondering was
> if anyone knew the original intent of the gcc2_compiled symbol?
> Was its presence intended to keep object files from being empty
> of symbols or was there some other reason for it?
Debuggers and related tools use it to identify the object.
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer