Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> I just tested gcc 2.95.3 on BSD/OS i386 and didn't see any change when
> using -g3 vs -g in the size of the binaries.
I saw the same with gcc 2.95.3 on HPUX. The gcc manual for this version
does claim that -g3 dumps extra info, but perhaps that is only true in
certain object-file formats.
regards, tom lane