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Re: [i386/stabs] Arguments of main on gcc >= 4.1


> I think that the major difference between a GDB bug and a GCC bug is
> whether we have to get GCC fixed - either way, since it's been in
> several releases, handling it in GDB is at least worth considering.

That makes sense.

I put a "patch champion" hat on and had a look at the proposed patch.
If I understand correctly, it looks like the code is detecting stack
alignment code, and if it does, then it considers that the parameters
will be relative to the arguments region address.

I wonder how this all works if GCC < 4.1 is being used.

-- 
Joel


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