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Re: binutils, bfd library, debug.h/c files and so on...


On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:53:12PM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > How will I get all functionality that I need - do I
> > (1) include directly all needed files (2) get a
> > precompiled library from binutils and link it against
> > my application.
> 
> They are not currently in any library.  If somebody wants to put them
> into a library, I wouldn't object.  I don't think it would be too
> hard.

There's definitely some benefit for a format-agnostic debug info
library - but what the formats can represent varies drastically, so it
seems like a substantial project. Reading this thread I wonder if we
should just recommend libdwarf instead for DWARF-2.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC


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