[PATCH 1/1] gdb: Deprecate stabs debug info
Tom Tromey
tom@tromey.com
Tue Jan 14 16:47:23 GMT 2025
>>>>> "Guinevere" == Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com> writes:
Guinevere> As pointed out in the previous discussion on this topic[1], there are
Guinevere> several existing issues on the code, and none of the current maintainers
Guinevere> knows how to fix it. Unless someone steps up to fix this before the
Guinevere> removal on GDB 18, I don't see why we should keep this old code that
Guinevere> breaks all conventions of modern debuginfo readers and doesn't even
Guinevere> work, instead of being able to further advance adjacent code.
I completely agree.
I'm in favor of this patch but I think you should wait a little while in
case there are any objections.
Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Also please add this trailer:
Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31210
thanks,
Tom
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