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diff --git a/development/dwarf/README b/development/dwarf/README index 7c976c45bd..5495eaead6 100644 --- a/development/dwarf/README +++ b/development/dwarf/README @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -The DWARF Debugging Information Format is of interest to programmers working on -compilers and debuggers (and anyone interested in reading or writing DWARF -information). It was developed by a committee (known as the PLSIG at the time) -starting around 1991. Starting around 1991 SGI got involved with the committee -and then developed the libdwarf and dwarfdump tools for SGI-internal use and as -part of SGI IRIX developer tools. From around 1993 dwarfdump and libdwarf were -shipped (as an executable and archive respectively, not source) with every -release of the SGI MIPS/IRIX C compiler. In 1994 (I think the correct year) SGI -agreed (at my request) to open-source libdwarf (and in 1999 to open-source -dwarfdump) so anyone could use them. +The DWARF Debugging Information Format is of interest to programmers +working on compilers and debuggers (and anyone interested in reading +or writing DWARF information). It was developed by a committee (known +as the PLSIG at the time) starting around 1991. Starting around 1991 +SGI got involved with the committee and then developed the libdwarf and +dwarfdump tools for SGI-internal use and as part of SGI IRIX developer +tools. From around 1993 dwarfdump and libdwarf were shipped (as an +executable and archive respectively, not source) with every release +of the SGI MIPS/IRIX C compiler. In 1994 (I think the correct year) +SGI agreed (at my request) to open-source libdwarf (and in 1999 to +open-source dwarfdump) so anyone could use them. |