Re: [PATCH] Merge of readline 4.3 to mainline

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>]

Michael Elizabeth Chastain writes:
 > Heh.  I figured out what's special about my system.
 > 
 > I build the whole toolchain from scratch, starting with gnu make, then
 > binutils, then a baseline version of gcc.  Then I use the baseline tools
 > to build everything else, including all the binutils, gcc's, and gdb's
 > that I test with.  Then I run all the tests.
 > 
 > The idea of the baseline is to make a test bed that can bootstrap on
 > systems without the gnu toolchain, like Solaris.
 > 
 > My baseline compiler is gcc 2.95.3, because it's simple and fast.
 > 
 > When I build gdb with /bin/cc, or when I use gcc 3.2.1 + binutils 2.13.1,
 > the strange behavior in readline does not happen and my gdb.log looks
 > normal and good.
 > 
 > So it's some interaction with building gdb with gcc 2.95.3 and then
 > running on red hat linux 8 that causes the perverse line refreshes.
 > I figure this falls in the category of "don't do that!"
 > 
 > Anyways now we know a little more about readline in case the perverse
 > line refreshes ever strike anyone else.
 > 

Hmm, this look similar to the problem that Bill Gatliff was
seeing. Not quite the same, but related to the command line as well.

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2002-12/msg00083.html

Elena


 > Feeling bashful,
 > 
 > Michael C