[Cybergenik]

>Apparently gcc generates some DWARF data that gdb is slow to handle. The GNU linker fixes this data, so that gdb doesn’t end up handling it slowly. LLD refuses to emulate this behavior of the GNU linker, because it’s gcc’s fault to have produced that DWARF data in the first place. And gdb refuses to handle LLD’s output efficiently, because it’s LLD’s fault to not have handled gcc’s output the way the GNU linker does. So I just remove -ggdb3 - it gives you a bit richer debug info, but it’s not worth the slower linking with gold instead of LLD, nor the slowdown in gdb that you get with LLD. And everyone links happily ever after.

lol, it's a story as old as time. The infinite loop of ego entrenched developers not wanting to change something out of some trivial inconsequential disagreement. The bike shed will be built my way!

[mst]

I do get moderately annoyed by having to write code that's fundamentally a workaround for somebody else's failure, though I usually still do it anyway.

Sometimes I do so but add something to the stderr output referencing the issue number I'm compensating for - that has a surprisingly good rate of getting somebody who knows what they're doing looking at the issue in the other project and submitting a patch.