From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15515 invoked by alias); 24 Aug 2002 00:35:35 -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 15505 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2002 00:35:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO walton.kettenis.dyndns.org) (62.163.169.250) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Aug 2002 00:35:31 -0000 Received: from elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org (elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org [192.168.0.2]) by walton.kettenis.dyndns.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7O0ZUUo001430 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 02:35:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kettenis@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org) Received: from elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7O0ZUiK032159 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 02:35:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kettenis@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org) Received: (from kettenis@localhost) by elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7O0ZU65032156; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 02:35:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:41:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200208240035.g7O0ZU65032156@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> From: Mark Kettenis To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: [PATCH] Mention some problems with using GDB on FreeBSD X-SW-Source: 2002-08/txt/msg00786.txt.bz2 This patch makes PROBLEMS mention two problems with using GDB on FreeBSD. I've tried to find a workaround for these problems, but up until now I've not been successfull. I submitted patches to solve the problems to the FreeBSD people but they have not been integrated yet. Committed. Mark Index: ChangeLog from Mark Kettenis * PROBLEMS: Refer to GDB 5.3 instead of 5.2. Mention FreeBSD problems. Index: PROBLEMS =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/PROBLEMS,v retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -p -r1.6 PROBLEMS --- PROBLEMS 24 May 2002 02:56:56 -0000 1.6 +++ PROBLEMS 23 Aug 2002 22:59:07 -0000 @@ -1,7 +1,24 @@ - Known problems in GDB 5.2 + Known problems in GDB 5.3 See also: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/ + + +*-*-freebsd* +--------------- + +Due to a kernel bug (kern/35175), detaching from an attached process +will very likely cause the process to be stop or die with a Trace/BPT +trap. + + +i386-*-freebsd[34]* +------------------- + +There is a bug (bin/41671) in FreeBSD's gcc that causes it to emit bad +debug information when using the stabs format (which is the default). +In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather limited, but +starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more prominent. hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20