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authorMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2020-09-29 15:52:44 +0200
committerMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2021-01-17 01:36:39 +0100
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Default to DWARF5
gcc/ChangeLog: * common.opt (gdwarf-): Init(5). * doc/invoke.texi (-gdwarf): Document default to 5.
Diffstat (limited to 'gcc')
-rw-r--r--gcc/common.opt2
-rw-r--r--gcc/doc/invoke.texi7
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/common.opt b/gcc/common.opt
index 9edcb5f..bde1711 100644
--- a/gcc/common.opt
+++ b/gcc/common.opt
@@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
gdwarf-
-Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(4) Negative(gstabs)
+Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(5) Negative(gstabs)
Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
gdwarf32
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 3f30230..c290b6f 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -9606,14 +9606,15 @@ possible.
@itemx -gdwarf-@var{version}
@opindex gdwarf
Produce debugging information in DWARF format (if that is supported).
-The value of @var{version} may be either 2, 3, 4 or 5; the default version
-for most targets is 4. DWARF Version 5 is only experimental.
+The value of @var{version} may be either 2, 3, 4 or 5; the default
+version for most targets is 5 (with the exception of VxWorks and
+Darwin/Mac OS X which default to version 2).
Note that with DWARF Version 2, some ports require and always
use some non-conflicting DWARF 3 extensions in the unwind tables.
Version 4 may require GDB 7.0 and @option{-fvar-tracking-assignments}
-for maximum benefit.
+for maximum benefit. Version 5 requires GDB 8.0 or higher.
GCC no longer supports DWARF Version 1, which is substantially
different than Version 2 and later. For historical reasons, some