http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46037
--- Comment #19 from Jack Howarth <howarth at nitro dot med.uc.edu> 2011-01-11 16:32:00 UTC --- Why not retain the original code behavior unless generating lto? The patch below works with both a standard and lto-bootstrap on x86_64-apple-darwin10. Index: gcc/config/darwin.c =================================================================== --- gcc/config/darwin.c (revision 168662) +++ gcc/config/darwin.c (working copy) @@ -2618,7 +2618,8 @@ if (flag_var_tracking && (generating_for_darwin_version >= 9) && debug_info_level >= DINFO_LEVEL_NORMAL - && debug_hooks->var_location != do_nothing_debug_hooks.var_location) + && (flag_generate_lto ? (write_symbols == DWARF2_DEBUG) + : (debug_hooks->var_location != do_nothing_debug_hooks.var_location))) flag_var_tracking_uninit = 1; if (MACHO_DYNAMIC_NO_PIC_P)