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Re: why no gcc3_compiled symbol
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 03:23:07PM -0400, Jack Howarth wrote:
> ...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?
Its purpose was to indicate to GDB that an object file had been
compiled by GCC 2 as opposed to some other compiler. It turned
out that GDB did not need this information, and the presence of
the symbol caused other problems, so we removed it.
zw