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> Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 14:25:25 -0400
> From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> 
> > Too bad: it means the new GCC/GDB are of no use for debugging Emacs.
> 
> Why can't emacs use dwarf, like other platforms?

Because last time I tried, the dumped Emacs segfaulted when temacs was
built with DWARF debug info, and no one cared enough, or had enough
resources, to fix that.  (Most probably, we need to fix up something
in the debug info when we copy it from temacs to emacs.)

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