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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2010-01-19 10:40:06 +0000
committerJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2010-01-19 10:40:06 +0000
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* NEWS: Add entry for "set/show ada trust-PAD-over-XVS" commands.
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@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ show script-extension
evaluation failed.
If set to "strict", files are sourced according to filename extension.
+set ada trust-PAD-over-XVS on|off
+show ada trust-PAD-over-XVS
+ If off, activate a workaround against a bug in the debugging information
+ generated by the compiler for PAD types (see gcc/exp_dbug.ads in
+ the GCC sources for more information about the GNAT encoding and
+ PAD types in particular). It is always safe to set this option to
+ off, but this introduces a slight performance penalty. The default
+ is on.
+
* New remote packets
QTDV