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Re: [patchv2] Record objfile->original_name as an absolute path
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>, gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:37:04 +0200
- Subject: Re: [patchv2] Record objfile->original_name as an absolute path
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:31:22 +0200, Doug Evans wrote:
> I'm trying to think of a use-case beyond the testsuite to better
> justify having such a feature.
When you do not use .gdb_index loading the symbols can be very slow.
For example if you just want to gcore a process to a file (/usr/bin/gcore) you
need no symbols for it.
Jan