[Bug gas/19109] Cannot configure default flag_compress_debug

[nickc at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19109

--- Comment #15 from Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> ---
Hi H.J.

(In reply to H.J. Lu from comment #14)
> I'd like to see a plan and a timeline how we move forward with this.

OK, how about this:

  1. We apply the patch, change the default to all targets back to 
     not compressing debug sections.  You add a patch to your binutils
     releases that re-enables compressed debug sections by default for
     x86/x86_64 linux targets.

     If there are any bug reports about problems with compressed debug
     sections we fix them as a matter of priority.

  2. After the next major binutils release (2.26) we change the default
     to be compressed debug sections.  We add an entry in the gas and ld
     NEWS files about this (noting how the default can also be changed
     by a configure option).  Linux distro maintainers who use the
     development binutils sources will doubtless complain to us if they
     find problems with this change.  If we can fix them, we do so,
     otherwise we revert the change on a per-target basis.

  3. For the problem targets we maintain an eye on the issues, helping
     where we can, with the objective of having every major target
     supporting compressed debug sections by the time that 2.27 is
     released.

Does this sound OK ?

Cheers
  Nick

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