Request for approval: Allow Java's ELF symtab reader to use separate debuginfo files

[Andrew Haley]

On 01/19/2010 07:43 PM, Tom Rodriguez wrote:

> So do you want to pursue making the SA work with a stripped
> libjvm.so or is requiring debug info to be installed acceptable?
> Sorry if I made this more complicated than you wanted.  I think your
> original change is fine, but if the norm is being stripped then
> making these tools work in that situation would be good.

Clearly it would be.  Java programmers on Linux systems aren't used to
installing debuginfo, so it would be better all round if these tools
were to work without it.  (And besides, the idea that the Windows port
might be better in any way irks me!)  I'll have a look.

Andrew.