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Re: DBX format support

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: "RAHUL V R" <rah dot v dot ragh at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 05 Dec 2006 07:05:33 -0800
Subject: Re: DBX format support
References: <cf15b2ee0612050609l3b00527lb2e77b87e46a34c5@mail.gmail.com>

"RAHUL V R" <rah.v.ragh@gmail.com> writes:

> I am working on adding a new data type in gcc under C.
> 
> Please tell me, if I don't want to use the debugging info/format in
> DBX, but still I want to build gcc in cygwinÂ what changes should be
> made on dbxout.c?
> Is it compulsory that I have to provide support in dbxout.c?

Changing dbxout.c is only compulsory if you want to support -gstabs.

If you want to contribute your changes back (from your brief
description, that would not be an easy sell), then you need to make
sure that dbxout.c doesn't crash, but you don't necessarily need to
put full support there.

Ian

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