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> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 09:24:18 -0500
> From: "Simon Marchi (simon DOT marchi AT polymtl DOT ca) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> 
> 
> On 2026-01-10 04:21, Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT gnu DOT org) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> >> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 12:53:24 -0500
> >> From: "Simon Marchi (simon DOT marchi AT polymtl DOT ca) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> >>
> >> In case you would like to update it, this section of the FAQ talks about
> >> COFF and stabs debug info.
> >>
> >> https://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/faq12_1.html
> > 
> > What do you think needs to be updated there?  Old versions of GCC and
> > GDB, which support COFF and stabs debug info are still available from
> > the DJGPP download sites, so people could use them if they need that.
> > And the DWARF debug info is mentioned there already.
> 
> Using a modern gcc, if somebody tries to use -gstabs as first suggested,
> won't they get an error saying it's not supported?

That's true, but how can we do better, given that people could use a
wide variety of GCC and GDB versions?

> The text indeed talks about  DWARF, but I interpreted it as "GCC doesn't
> currently support DWARF for DJGPP but it might one day".  From what you
> said, I understood thought that DWARF has been available for DJGPP for a
> long time now.

Yes.