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Re: [patch] Add --compress-debug-sections option to gas

From: Cary Coutant <ccoutant at google dot com>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
Cc: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:21:27 -0700
Subject: Re: [patch] Add --compress-debug-sections option to gas
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> Good, although the documentation still does not mention that
> --compress-debug-sections may not be supported. ?How about:
>
> ?@item --compress-debug-sections
> ?Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib. ?The debug sections are renamed
> ?to begin with @samp{.zdebug}, and the resulting object file may not be
> ?compatible with older linkers and object file utilities. ?This option is
> ?only supported if the host machine has the zlib compression library.

Sorry, I forgot to incorporate that change into my patch. Is this
patch OK to apply with your suggested change?

-cary

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