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Re: Is gcc trunk incompatible with older versions of gdb?

From: Miles Bader <miles at gnu dot org>
To: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:38:08 +0900
Subject: Re: Is gcc trunk incompatible with older versions of gdb?
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Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> writes:
> Oops, I mis-remembered the PR trail, the thing that's fixed is
> something else.  The comments on the PR (and a change to the 4.8
> release notes) say you need a new GDB or to disable DWARF-4 output.

Ok, thanks, that explains it.

Do you know if DWARF-4 + gdb 7.5 is substantially more functional?
[I'm just wondering if it's worth my while to build a newer gdb, or
bug debian to do it, rather than just using -gdwarf-2...]

thanks,

-miles

-- 
Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish
their lack of understanding.

References:
- Is gcc trunk incompatible with older versions of gdb?
  - From: Miles Bader
- Re: Is gcc trunk incompatible with older versions of gdb?
  - From: Jonathan Wakely
- Re: Is gcc trunk incompatible with older versions of gdb?
  - From: Jonathan Wakely

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