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Re: [PATCH] retain file symbols in object files even with --strip-local-absolute

From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at novell dot com>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:58:35 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH] retain file symbols in object files even with --strip-local-absolute
References: <s0bf013d.052@emea1-mh.id2.novell.com>

Hi Jan,

For the purpose of identifying source files without additional debug
info, these symbols should not be eliminated by means of
--strip-local-absolute.

I am not convinced about this. In what kind of situation would this feature be useful ? ie - if you have been creating an object without debugging information and you have stripped the local absolute symbols from it, why would you expect to be able to identify the source files involved in its creation ?

Cheers
  Nick

References:
- [PATCH] retain file symbols in object files even with--strip-local-absolute
  - From: Jan Beulich

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