[Bug binutils/14662] New: strip doesn't remove .gdb_index

[dje at google dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14662



             Bug #: 14662

           Summary: strip doesn't remove .gdb_index

           Product: binutils

           Version: unspecified

            Status: NEW

          Severity: normal

          Priority: P2

         Component: binutils

        AssignedTo: address@hidden

        ReportedBy: address@hidden

    Classification: Unclassified





.gdb_index is a section recognized by gdb to speed up start up time (and other

operations).  It can be generated either by gdb itself (and then propagated

into the binary with objcopy), or with gold.



Given that it is a "for debugging" section, it should be removed by strip (or

strip -g or whatever).



I think(!) the thing to do is have bfd flag it as SEC_DEBUGGING as it flags

.debug* sections.



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