Hi,
the problem below is still present in GCC version 4.4.0 20090407 (exact this
snapshot with no additional patches). The objdump is from Binutils version
2.19.
Sebastian Huber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use GCC cross compilers from the RTEMS project. They differ only in nuances
> from the official releases. Between GCC version 4.2.4 and 4.3.3 something
> changed in the DWARF debug info. I am unsure if this is cause for trouble. I
> tested it with the PowerPC and m68k architectures. Here is the test program
> source (test.cpp):
>
> #include <iostream>
>
> extern "C" {
>
> void _start()
> {
> /* VOID */
> }
>
> }
>
> Command line:
>
> m68k-4.3.3-g++ test.cpp test.cpp -otest-4.3.3.elf
> m68k-4.2.4-g++ test.cpp test.cpp -otest-4.2.4.elf
>
> Inspection of the resulting ELF-file with objdump (from Binutils 2.19)
> produces
> the following warnings and errors (samples):
>
> objdump -W test-4.3.3.elf > /dev/null
>
> objdump: Error: Range lists in .debug_info section aren't in ascending order!
>
> objdump: Warning: Range lists in .debug_ranges section start at 0xe8
>
> objdump: Warning: There is an overlap [0x120 - 0x0] in .debug_ranges section.
>
> objdump: Warning: There is a hole [0xe8 - 0x6d8] in .debug_ranges section.
>
> objdump -W test-4.2.4.elf > /dev/null
>
> No warnings and errors.
>
> In the version 4.3.3 there are warnings and an error. The background is
> that we have problems to debug applications compiled with the version 4.3.3
> due
> to invalid line number informations. I am unsure if the above warnings and
> errors are connected to this.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Sebastian Huber
>
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