[PATCH] Default to --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas for Linux

H.J. Lu hongjiu.lu@intel.com
Fri Jun 24 14:34:00 GMT 2016


--enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas added to binutils 2.26.  Make it
default for Linux in 2.27.

Any comments?

H.J.
---
	* NEWS: Mention --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas default.
	* configure.tgt (ac_default_compressed_debug_sections): Default
	to yes for all Linux targets.
---
 gas/NEWS          | 3 +++
 gas/configure.tgt | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index a099060..1239cbb 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
+* Default to --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas for all Linux
+  targets.
+
 * Support for the ARMv8-M architecture has been added to the ARM port.  Support
   for the ARMv8-M Security and DSP Extensions has also been added to the ARM
   port.
diff --git a/gas/configure.tgt b/gas/configure.tgt
index cda0e26..d77abc4 100644
--- a/gas/configure.tgt
+++ b/gas/configure.tgt
@@ -502,3 +502,12 @@ if test $bfd_gas != yes; then
   echo This target is no longer supported in gas
   exit 1
 fi
+
+case ${generic_target} in
+*-*-linux*)
+  # Default to compress DWARF debug sections for Linux.
+  if test ${ac_default_compressed_debug_sections} = unset; then
+    ac_default_compressed_debug_sections=yes
+  fi
+  ;;
+esac
-- 
2.5.5



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