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Re: [RFA take 5] Allow setting breakpoints on inline functions (PR 10738)


On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:56:41 +0100, Doug Evans wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> wrote:
> > with some more discussions about it Tom also shares this opinion. ÂI think
> > Google should just apply the provided patch downstream. ÂUpstream/Gary should
> > drop that --allow-incomplete-gdb-indexes option completely, incl. dropping the
> > GDB code for backward compatibility with .gdb_index v4 and v5.
> 
> Setting aside Google's needs,
> If I were allowed to decide, I would require v4,v5 compatibility for
> at least one release.

So if it is officially a temporary compatibility additionally to
--allow-smth-gdb-indexes GDB could print - if it finds out v4/v5 .gdb_index:

  warning: Not using old .gdb_index v%d, rebuild it with this GDB version.

I have some doubts any user would ever use --allow-smth-gdb-indexes otherwise.


Regards,
Jan


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