[PATCH] Don't make -gsplit-dwarf imply -g

[Richard Biener]

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 5:50 PM Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com> wrote:
>
> On 2020-05-13, Eric Botcazou wrote:
> >> Did I mention I dislike -fsplit-dwarf? ;)
> >
> >Seconded, this will be confusing for almost all users.  Since the option only
> >affects debug info generation, it should be prefixed with 'g' in any case.
>
> Updating the semantics of -gsplit-dwarf is actually my favorite as
> well:)
>
> -gsplit-dwarf is not common. Many uses have separate -g. Let's change it.
>
> Attached the patch.

OK if there are no objections over the weekend.  I guess this change needs
documenting in gcc-11/changes.html (which probably does not exist yet,
will take care of that).

Thanks,
Richard.

>
> (I also wish -gdwarf-5 did not imply -g but the ship may have shipped.)