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Subject: RE: cygwin.h and debug formats
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:04:35 +0100
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On 10 July 2007 17:48, NightStrike wrote:

> cygwin.h doesn't define DWARF2 as an option for debugging formats.  This
> causes a large array of spurios warnings of the form:
> 
> /tmp/ccifRtnm.s:248198: Warning: .stabs: description field '138ef' too big,
> try a different debug format
> 
> 
> Is it at all possible to include DWARF2 support in future releases?  Is this
> already on the agenda?

  Yes and yes.  DWARF2 will be used for both exception handling and debug info
in the forthcoming gcc4 package(s), assuming all goes according to plan.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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