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Re: [patch] Add printing of .gdb_index section to readelf
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at gmail dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:43:18 -0400
- Subject: Re: [patch] Add printing of .gdb_index section to readelf
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 14:15, Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> wrote:
> OK, let's say arguendo .gdb_index undergoes a few versions over the
> course of a year. (One may assume that it's self-identifying.)
> Why not pretty-print them all?
Why would you assume this is even possible. The format is exclusively
used by gdb. The gdb people unilaterally make changes. If gdb cannot
read the info in a file it'll ignore it. Versioning all the changes
etc is likely not down nor is it important for gdb. You would have to
put chains on the gdb people before you can add a decoder in elfutils
and I doubt they want that.