Re: [rfa/doco] PROBLEMS: add regressions since gdb 6.0

David Carlton
2004-03-18T16:45:00Z

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:24:02 -0500 (EST), mec.gnu@mindspring.com
(Michael Elizabeth Chastain) said:

> The actual part of PROBLEMS that you're objecting to is the
> paragraphs which talk about setting breakpoints in constructors in
> C++ code. This doesn't work with gcc v3 because gcc v3 emits
> multiple copies of the object code, and gdb sets the breakpoint in
> just one of them.

> Before PROBLEMS talked about this, we got several reports per month
> about this issue. Now we don't get any. And for each user that
> takes the trouble to e-mail us, there are many more users who run
> into the issue and appreciate having a short description of it.

> I think we should keep that part of PROBLEMS as long as gdb has this
> problem.

I agree. I can see the point of mentioning fiddling little
regressions once in PROBLEMS and then deleting the entry on subsequent
releases, even if the regressions remain. But it makes sense to me to
leave important, frequently encountered bugs in PROBLEMS.

David Carlton
carlton@kealia.com