[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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