Subject: Re: remove default of STRIPFLAG=-s ?
To: None <tech-toolchain@NetBSD.org>
From: Valeriy E. Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 02/12/2004 14:50:33
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 08:02:34 +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > But only because we don't have #ident lines in all the header files.
> > > Do that and 'mcs -c' is your friend.
> >
> > Ain't you confusing .ident and .comment?
> >
> > Comment section is like
> >
> > GCC: (GNU) 2.95.3 20010315 (release) (NetBSD nb3)
> >
> > repeated umpteen times.
>
> IIRC #ident lines in source files generate entries in the .comment
> section of the elf binary.
> I suspect (not checked today) that the _RCSID("..") macro has much the
> same effect as a #ident "...".
In the ".ident" section, but I see your point re .h files vs ident.
Another reason why it would be nice to have mcs -c.
SY, Uwe
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