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On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 23:01 +0200, Ivan Yosifov wrote: |
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> On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 11:55 -0500, Ned Ludd wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 10:44 -0500, Ned Ludd wrote: |
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> > > On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 15:22 +0000, Edward Catmur wrote: |
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> > > > On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 08:40 -0500, Ned Ludd wrote: |
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> > > > > On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 15:09 +0200, Ivan Yosifov wrote: |
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> > > > > > And one more thing. For proper debugging, don't I need the source to be |
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> > > > > > present ? |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > -g3 -ggdb embeds the source code in the debug info so I don't see the |
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> > > > > point. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > It doesn't; at least not with gcc 3.4.4. It does embed function |
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> > > > prototypes and macro definitions, though. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Ed Catmur |
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> > > |
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> > > Eh? |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > Never mind you were right Ed. taviso pointed out that dwarf2 doesnt |
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> > support embedding the actual source. I was seeing the source due to me |
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> > not having deleted the source. |
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> > |
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> > Guess that is where the debugedit thing of Tester's would come in handy |
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> > on glibc hosts. |
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> What is this debugedit thing for us non-devs ? IMO portage should have |
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> some way to keep the sources around for debugging, for the patch you are |
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> proposing to be fully useful. |
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Having the source around or not does not make the splitdebug feature any |
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less useful. debugedit would however enhance some aspects of debugging. |
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See the comments posted at the top of this thread from tester@gentoo on |
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debugedit. |
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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> |
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