STABS --> DWARF-2 on sparc-sun-solaris2.x (x >= 7)

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 01:23:41PM +0200, Eric Botcazou wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In the light of the problems in the C compiler with the STABS debugging 
> format, Mark has agreed to switch to DWARF-2 as the default debugging format 
> on sparc-sun-solaris2.x (x >= 7) for GCC 3.4.0.
> 
> Both DBX 7 and GDB 5.3/6.0 seem to grok it without the need for a special 
> command line switch and DWARF-2 has been the default for 64-bit code for a 
> while so the move will probably cause very few problems.
> 
> Are there any specific difficulties to be expected on the GDB side?  Do 
> changes need to be made for the upcoming GDB 6.1?

No, GDB will need no changes.  It'll just work.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer