DWZ 0.17 released

Project / Subsystem

gcc / gcc

Date

2026-07-11

Proposer

Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

/10

Technical tradeoffs

  • Increased support for compressed input may add minor overhead during processing for uncompressed inputs.
  • Improved size optimization for libraries and executables using DWARF debug information.

All attributes

project
gcc
subsystem
gcc
patch_id
discussion_id
20260711201828.GF31804@gnu.wildebeest.org
source_type
public_inbox
title
DWZ 0.17 released
headline
DWZ 0.17 released
tldr
DWZ, a tool for optimizing DWARF debugging information, has released version 0.17, adding support for compressed debug sections.
proposer
Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
consensus
Proposed
outcome
proposed
sentiment_score
technical_tradeoffs
  • Increased support for compressed input may add minor overhead during processing for uncompressed inputs.
  • Improved size optimization for libraries and executables using DWARF debug information.
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series_role
standalone
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[]
tags
  • debugging
  • DWARF
  • optimization
  • GCC
  • binutils
bugzilla_url
date
2026-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

DWZ 0.17 released

Mark Wielaard announced the release of DWZ version 0.17. DWZ optimizes DWARF debugging information for size by replacing duplicated information with equivalent representations and using compilation units. This release adds support for handling compressed debug sections on input.