[Bug bootstrap/59447] --with-dwarf2 should be documented as meaning "DWARF 2 or later" instead of just "DWARF 2"

egallager at gcc dot gnu.org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Thu Dec 7 16:10:00 GMT 2017


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59447

Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|--with-dwarf2 is not        |--with-dwarf2 should be
                   |propagated correctly, will  |documented as meaning
                   |always create dwarf4 by     |"DWARF 2 or later" instead
                   |default                     |of just "DWARF 2"

--- Comment #3 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Eric Gallager from comment #2)
> (In reply to joseph@codesourcery.com from comment #1)
> > This is a documentation bug - the installation manual should make clear 
> > that "DWARF 2" in the description of this option means DWARF 2 or later, 
> > as appropriate for the target, as opposed to (for example) STABS.
> 
> Confirmed, the documentation for --with-dwarf2 is still just:
> 
> --with-dwarf2
> 
>     Specify that the compiler should use DWARF 2 debugging information as
> the default.

Updating title to reflect the actual issue


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