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Re: Object files know where they're built?!?
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- To: Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 03 Mar 2003 07:22:15 -0300
- Subject: Re: Object files know where they're built?!?
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <20030301175218.GA335@doctormoo>
On Mar 1, 2003, Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com> wrote:
> Do the object files (on i686-pc-linux-gnu) somehow encode their build
> location?
Yes. This is necessary for the debugger to find source files when
they're referenced using relative pathnames.
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