Issue 161215.2: Missing DW_AT_producer in .debug_line

Author: Jan Kratochvil
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Date submitted: 2016-12-15
Date revised:
Date closed:
Type: Improvement
Status: Rejected
DWARF Version: 5
Section 6.2.4, pg 153
Given that DWARF-5 already expects one may for example keep .debug_line and strip
.debug_info then DW_AT_producer should be present even in .debug_line's header.

DW_AT_producer is useful to selectively apply various producer-bugs workarounds.

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Rejected 1/3/2017.
Consumers should used features described in DWARF and not depend on the producer ID.