Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 21:54:44 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: GCC and long file names
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> From: "Michael N. Filippov" <michael AT idisys DOT iae DOT nsk DOT su>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 6 Feb 2001 10:47:05 GMT
> 
> And if look into .o after compilation with debug information we can see
> "long_long_long" (cut to 14 symbols). this is why it cannot be traced
> in RHIDE for example: it just gives me
> +-[_]----------- Error ----------------+
> ¦                                      ¦
> ¦  Could not find the source file      ¦
> ¦  long_long_long.                     ¦
> ¦                                      ¦
> ¦                                      ¦
> ¦                  OK   _              ¦
> ¦                ________              ¦
> +--------------------------------------+
> 
> test$ gcc --version
> 2.952
> 
> But if i use GCC 2.952 on my Linux
> idisys:~$ gcc --version
> 2.95.2
> 
> It stores entire file name in .o file.
> 
> What can I do ?

Compile with -gstabs+ instead of -g.  What you see is a limitation of
the COFF debug info; switching to stabs lifts that limitation.

GNU/Linux systems use ELF or DWARF for debug info, which is free from
COFF's limitations.