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

Hi Cary,

         * as.c (show_usage): Don't list --compress-debug-sections if zlib not
         installed.
         (main): Warn if --compress-debug-sections requested and zlib not
         installed.
         * doc/as.texinfo: Add --compress-debug-sections,
         --nocompress-debug-sections.

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.

Cheers
  Nick

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