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Subject:	Re: Support for DDWARF-2 debug info? (on Cygwin)
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From:	Nick Clifton <nickc AT redhat DOT com>
Date:	16 Jan 2003 09:36:09 +0000
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Hi Brian,

> The coff versions of sec_to_styp_flags and styp_to_sec_flag in bfd
> look to see if the section name begins with .debug and modify the
> section flags appropriately.  The PE versions do not even look at
> the section name.

Ahh, yes, you are right.  I guess that no-one has tried to
incporporate DWARF2 sections into the PE format before.  I guess that,
for now you are going to have to add similar name-checking code to the
PE versions.

Ideally what we ought to do is give gcc some way to tell gas that
"this section is a debug section" and then gas could do the right
thing.  Perhaps a new pseudo op ".debug_section <name>" ?

Cheers
        Nick


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