-fpack-struct problems with gdb 5.3

[Matthew J Fletcher]

Hi,

i am using the gcc -fpack-struct flag with gcc2.96-82mdk to pack all 
structures (needed to for some asm routines). the problem being
is that gdb-5.3 does not correctly recognise the structs as packed and
so displayes them as if they were not, (viewing the memory region shows
what it should look like).

so may i ask can gdb view packed structs ?, is there a way to tell from the 
ELF mapfile or any other objdump information that the compiler has poorly
generated the debug info ?

or is there any way to investigate this further myself.

regards

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Matthew J Fletcher
Embedded Software
Serck Controls Ltd
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