preprocessor macro to identify binutils version?

[Burlen Loring]

On 08/02/2013 01:27 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Pinski <pinskia@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Burlen Loring <bloring@lbl.gov> wrote:
>>> This is my first binutils foray. I'm making use of libbfd to provide
>>> detailed stack trace in an app if it crashes. In testing I've found
>>> systems[*] with older binutils where bfd_find_nearest_line segv's. I'd like
>>> to configure my app to disable the stack trace feature on systems with the
>>> older binutils. Is there a preprocessor macro that can be used to idnetify
>>> the binutils release? if not what's the best way to determine the binutils
>>> version?
>> Won't it be better to use libdwarf and not use bfd?
>> BFD is not designed to be used outside of binutils/gdb.  Any use
>> outside of it I consider it a bug.
> Another option, specifically designed for getting a stack trace in a
> running program, is to use libbacktrace.  It can be found in the gcc
> repository.  It only works for DWARF, though, which means that it
> probably won't work on Windows unless you only compile with GCC.
>
> I agree with Andrew that libbfd is unfortunately best avoided.
>
> Ian
Got it. I'm abandoning the libbfd based code. I'm glad I didn't try to 
push it into our code base!

Thanks for the ideas and feedback
Burlen