collect2, weak functions and .debug_line section.

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@mvista.com
Thu Oct 16 17:10:00 GMT 2003


On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 05:55:24PM +0200, Carlo Wood wrote:
> There is a problem with debug information being used
> from one object file and the assembly code from another
> object file (both containing the "same" function)
> that do not completely match, with screwed debug
> info as a result.

> I am not sure how to report this in GNATS.
> What component would this belong to?
> Heh - I don't even know which mailinglist this belongs to :/
> 
> Does anyone have ideas of how to fix this?

Search the archives for more.  I believe that the proper fix is to use
ELF section groups, but I don't know much about the details.  One of
the bodies should be discarded, and its debug info should be discarded
als.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer



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