gcc/config/elfos.h says:
/* The GNU tools operate better with stabs. Since we don't have
any native tools to be compatible with, default to stabs. */
#ifndef PREFERRED_DEBUGGING_TYPE
#define PREFERRED_DEBUGGING_TYPE DBX_DEBUG
#endif
Doesn't GNU [ELF] tools operate better with DWARF2_DEBUG now days?
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)