[PATCH] D24267: [ELF] - Added support of --gdb-index command line option.

[Ed Maste via llvm-commits]

emaste added a comment.

> Why do we need such output in the first place?


`-gsplit-dwarf` and `--gdb-index` support makes for an improved developer experience when building large applications with debug info (and using gdb). It keeps each object file's debug info in a separate .dwo file, and debug info is largely excluded from linking.

Details at https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/DebugFission.


https://reviews.llvm.org/D24267