Scott McPeak wrote: > > > > I'm working on a project in which some very long (millions of lines) C > > > source files get generated. Since GNU 'as' and 'gdb' cannot store more > > > than 16 bits of line number information, debugging programs using these > > > files is tedious. > > > Have you tried using -gdwarf-2? > > I had not, and that does indeed solve the problem. > > In that case, I might change my RFE to request that 'as' emit a warning > when it encodes a stabs n_desc value that does not fit in 16 bits; the > warning might suggest -ggdb or -gdwarf-2.
Sounds like a reasonable idea -- I'll pass it on to the binutils folks. _______________________________________________ Bug-gdb mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gdb