On Wed, 2015-02-18 at 12:53 -0800, H.J. Lu wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Mark Wielaard <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > > That doesn't seem like a smart default. And why is is Linux/x86 only? > > Shouldn't that be something that is done explicitly by a distro > > configuring binutils after making sure it actually is beneficial > > (debuginfo is often compressed in a different way, on the package/file > > level or with dwz). And after making sure all tools actually work with > > it? There are various tools that don't handle the .zdebug format like > > valgrind. And at least elfutils has trouble with it for ET_REL files, > > like kernel modules, because relocations don't actually apply anymore to > > the section data as is (but only after the decompression). > > Now it becomes a monthly topic: > > https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2015-01/msg00089.html
Thanks, I hadn't seen that before. Alan Modra makes some good points in that thread why it is not a good change: https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2015-01/msg00135.html Do people agree with that? And/Or can the change be reverted for now till there is agreement it is a desirable default? Thanks, Mark