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[Bug debug/48176] New: .debug_aranges is no longer emitted
- From: "jan.kratochvil at redhat dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:26:44 +0000
- Subject: [Bug debug/48176] New: .debug_aranges is no longer emitted
- Auto-submitted: auto-generated
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48176
Summary: .debug_aranges is no longer emitted
Product: gcc
Version: 4.6.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: debug
AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org
ReportedBy: jan.kratochvil@redhat.com
Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
echo 'main(){}' | gcc -x c - -g; readelf -WS a.out | grep debug_aranges
PASS - exists - gcc (GCC) 4.5.3 20110318 (prerelease)
FAIL - does not exist - gcc (GCC) 4.7.0 20110318 (experimental)
elfutils relies on it:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688532
Although GDB has never relied on it so there was a suggestion it could be
dropped in the favor of .gdb_index (generated and used by GDB itself).