From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28671 invoked by alias); 10 Dec 2002 02:08:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 28663 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2002 02:08:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 10 Dec 2002 02:08:29 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gBA1gxP17580 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 20:42:59 -0500 Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.156]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gBA28TD01642 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:08:29 -0500 Received: from localhost.redhat.com (romulus-int.sfbay.redhat.com [172.16.27.46]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gBA28Rq05817; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:08:28 -0500 Received: by localhost.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 469) id A7797FF79; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 20:03:52 -0500 (EST) From: Elena Zannoni MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15861.15736.372759.831949@localhost.redhat.com> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 18:32:00 -0000 To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain Cc: carlton@math.stanford.edu, ezannoni@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Merge of readline 4.3 to mainline In-Reply-To: <200212092342.gB9Ngdq00487@duracef.shout.net> References: <200212092342.gB9Ngdq00487@duracef.shout.net> X-SW-Source: 2002-12/txt/msg00310.txt.bz2 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