From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26533 invoked by alias); 5 Feb 2003 17:41:33 -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 26523 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2003 17:41:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO duracef.shout.net) (204.253.184.12) by 172.16.49.205 with SMTP; 5 Feb 2003 17:41:33 -0000 Received: (from mec@localhost) by duracef.shout.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h15HfW106547; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:41:32 -0600 Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 17:41:00 -0000 From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain Message-Id: <200302051741.h15HfW106547@duracef.shout.net> To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, mec@shout.net Subject: Re: [rfa] PROBLEMS: i[3456]*-linux-*: warn about old binutils X-SW-Source: 2003-02/txt/msg00193.txt.bz2 This patch warns about old versions of binutils on i[3456]86-*-linux*. Draft #2. This draft includes a reference to PR gdb/1030 (which is external and closed). I am committing this now. Michael C === 2003-02-05 Michael Chastain * PROBLEMS (i[3456]86-*-linux*): Warn about binutils 2.12.1 and earlier versions. Index: PROBLEMS =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/PROBLEMS,v retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -r1.11 PROBLEMS --- PROBLEMS 10 Dec 2002 21:24:47 -0000 1.11 +++ PROBLEMS 5 Feb 2003 17:34:31 -0000 @@ -65,3 +65,12 @@ $ make CFLAGS='-O2 -D__digital__' + +i[3456]86-*-linux* +------------------ + +gdb/1030: GNU binutils 2.12.1 and earlier versions do not work properly +with gdb. If you use GNU binutils, upgrade to version 2.13 or later. +You can check the version of binutils with the command: + + $ ld --version