On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Mark Wielaard <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > 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? >
It may not be a good idea for all targets. If you find an issue on Linux/x86, please file a bug binutils report. Thanks. -- H.J.
