[patch] Add printing of .gdb_index section to readelf

Frank Ch. Eigler fche at redhat.com
Thu Apr 21 18:15:17 UTC 2011


Hi, Roland -

roland wrote:

> > I'm curious why you think that is a showstopper distinction.  What
> > harm would come from teaching eu-readelf how to pretty-print some
> > "non-interchange" formats, if they are reasonably stable, don't
> > require much eu-readelf uglification?
> 
> There is no reason to think that .gdb_index format is reasonably stable yet.

OK, let's say arguendo .gdb_index undergoes a few versions over the
course of a year.  (One may assume that it's self-identifying.)
Why not pretty-print them all?

- FChE
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/attachments/20110421/a81ee2b6/attachment.bin 


More information about the elfutils-devel mailing list