https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59447
Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|--with-dwarf2 is not |--with-dwarf2 should be |propagated correctly, will |documented as meaning |always create dwarf4 by |"DWARF 2 or later" instead |default |of just "DWARF 2" --- Comment #3 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Eric Gallager from comment #2) > (In reply to jos...@codesourcery.com from comment #1) > > This is a documentation bug - the installation manual should make clear > > that "DWARF 2" in the description of this option means DWARF 2 or later, > > as appropriate for the target, as opposed to (for example) STABS. > > Confirmed, the documentation for --with-dwarf2 is still just: > > --with-dwarf2 > > Specify that the compiler should use DWARF 2 debugging information as > the default. Updating title to reflect the actual issue