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Re: objcopy.c: question regarding debugging info handling
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Alan Modra |
Subject: |
Re: objcopy.c: question regarding debugging info handling |
Date: |
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:59:43 +1030 |
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Mutt/1.4i |
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 12:49:53PM +0100, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> I'm wondering
> about the following piece in objcopy.c::filter_symbols():
>
> else if ((flags & BSF_DEBUGGING) != 0) /* Debugging symbol. */
> keep = (strip_symbols != STRIP_DEBUG
> && strip_symbols != STRIP_UNNEEDED
> && ! convert_debugging);
>
> This will make a symbol from the symtab go away that is marked as
> BSF_DEBUGGING even though convert_debugging is true. Shouldn't that
> be
>
> keep = (strip_symbols != STRIP_DEBUG
> && strip_symbols != STRIP_UNNEEDED)
> || convert_debugging;
>
> instead, i. e. when convert_debugging is true, BSF_DEBUGGING symbols
> should always be kept?
I think the idea was that write_debugging_info should add used debug
symbols back. Obviously, it doesn't do so yet.
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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre