Re: gcc-ss-20011231 is now available

[Peter Barada <pbarada at mail dot wm dot sps dot mot dot com>]

>> gdb-5.1 can't deal with the debugging information that gcc-20011231
>> cranks out.  How does this get fixed?!?
>
>Upgrade gdb.

Its really bad form to force users to use a new *unreleased* version
of gdb in order to debug programs that gcc creates.  And since gdb-5.1
showed up only six weeks ago, its going to be at least a few months
before another release is created and vetted.

I would have expected that -g would by default create stabs debugging
info until gdb has had a chance to go through a release cycle.   Then
and *only* then would the -g switch be modified to create dwarf
debugging info by default.

At least I can still use '-gstabs' to get around this problem.

I hope that someone puts a comment about this in the release notes so
users that grab gcc-3.0.3 won't bomb you with questions about this.

If it's harder for people to use gcc-3.0.3, then they will be more
likely to stick with their current version of gcc instead of upgrading.

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