Re: [jamboost] Re: PDB handling

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-30 22:17:38

Jason replies:

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Abrahams [mailto:dave_at_[hidden]] 

> I think the compiler writes some information into the .obj which
> points to the PDB so the linker can pick it up, but I'm not certain.
> Maybe Jason can confirm.

Confirmed. If you do 'dumpbin -all' on an obj, you'll see the filename
in a section named .debug$T.

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