Date:	Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:42:08 -0500
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Subject:	Re: config/mh-djgpp in Cygnus tree
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> It may *look* like one, but it may just as well be an essential
> piece to the DJGPP port of the program that just didn't get
> commented understandibly. IIRC, you can not build GCC with -g
> active.  At least at the time of DJGPP 1.x, when DJ says this change
> was conceived, that was the case. You would hit the hard limit of
> 64K symbols in a COFF object file, otherwise. A debuggable GCC needs
> '-gstabs', instead.

Doh!  I knew there was something about that...

Well, I took it out.  If anyone wants to submit a version with a
better comment, I'll humbly put it back in.

Of course, it would be better if we supported more than 64k symbols.
Maybe this will encourage us to find a workable solution to that.

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