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Re: RFC: DWARF Extensions for Separate Debug Info Files ("Fission")
- From: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov at google dot com>
- To: Jason Molenda <jmolenda at apple dot com>
- Cc: Cary Coutant <ccoutant at google dot com>, dwarf-discuss at lists dot dwarfstd dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb at sourceware dot org, Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>, Sterling Augustine <saugustine at google dot com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:20:24 -0700
- Subject: Re: RFC: DWARF Extensions for Separate Debug Info Files ("Fission")
- References: <CAHACq4o43uGDEEKQRiYgnWWXSnDzRD1Z_-4z2HQ=bSaTpgyrjQ@mail.gmail.com> <B6D4E49C-77EC-4BE7-8EAA-8897A4682F9F@apple.com>
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Jason Molenda <jmolenda@apple.com> wrote:
> Because the linker doesn't need to copy around/update/modify the DWARF,
> link times are very fast.
AFAIU, the link times are fast only if all the files are local to the
developers' machine.
They will not be fast (and the .o files *will* need to be copied) if a
distributed compilation system (a build farm) is used (as is the case here).
Thanks,
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Paul Pluzhnikov