Hi, 2008/1/17, Peter Vreman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 22:25 16-1-2008, you wrote: > >At 21:32 16-1-2008, you wrote: > > > > > >>On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Peter Vreman wrote: > >> > >> > At 13:17 16-1-2008, you wrote: > >> > >Marco van de Voort wrote: > >> > > >from _EXECUTABLE_ file FILE, iow you still need the unstripped exe. > >> > > > >> > >Perhaps it doesn't need the .text, .data, .bss etc sections though. > >> > > >> > I also posted this on Lazarus mailing list already. > >> > > >> > Below are the 2 commands to make it working. In the first command only > >> > the > >> > debug information is kept in lazarus.dbg. And the second is the > >> already know > >> > way to strip the debug information. > >> > > >>[cut] > >> > > >> > And as a final note: Yes, it is possible to fix fpc to write > >> such a .dbg file > >> > also. > >> > >>Didn't we receive a patch from the Morfik people which did exactly this ? > >>I remember that we had an email-conversation about it, and I also > >>seem to remember applying a patch ? > > > >There was already a quick hack added with the -Xg option to create a > >separate .dbg file. But the contents of this file is not good for > >gdb. We need to rewrite this part to be compatible with gdb and > >other gnu tools. > > Support for a separate .dbg file is now available for windows in > current svn trunk with the -Xg option. No need anymore for "objcopy > --only-keep-debug && objcopy --add-debug-link && strip" under > windows. The external linker (e.g. linux) still be updated to support > objcopy and strip when -Xg is passed. > > > Peter
I have just try on Windows with objcopy (I have ownloaded it from the mingw binutils binaries) and works like a charm. The -Xg flag do not works. GDB tell me: "not found symbols". PS: why do not add objcopy to the FPC bin folder? -- Best regards... Fabio Dell'Aria. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
