GDB 6.2 branch frozen

GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Andrew Cagney]

I'll spin up what will hopefully be the final draft.

Andrew

Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Joel Brobecker]

> I'll spin up what will hopefully be the final draft.

mips-irix is completely broken. Is that OK? If yes, then we might want
to add a note about this somewhere.

-- 
Joel

Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Andrew Cagney]

>>I'll spin up what will hopefully be the final draft.
> 
> 
> mips-irix is completely broken. Is that OK? If yes, then we might want
> to add a note about this somewhere.

Can you be more specific?  Does ``break main; run'' work for instance?

Andrew

Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Joel Brobecker]

> >mips-irix is completely broken. Is that OK? If yes, then we might want
> >to add a note about this somewhere.
> 
> Can you be more specific?  Does ``break main; run'' work for instance?

Unfortunately, no (for that one, you'll need my bfd patch).

-- 
Joel

Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Andrew Cagney]

>>>mips-irix is completely broken. Is that OK? If yes, then we might want
>>>> >to add a note about this somewhere.
>>
>>> 
>>> Can you be more specific?  Does ``break main; run'' work for instance?
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, no (for that one, you'll need my bfd patch).

Once the BFD patch is applied, what's next to fail?

(so I can write: Due to problems with both BFD and ... GDB 6.2 does not 
work on MIPS IRIX).

Andrew

Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Joel Brobecker]

> Once the BFD patch is applied, what's next to fail?

I think the next biggie is the unwinder. But there is also the problem
with floats that cause GDB to SEGV. The last one is on my plate, but
the patch could still be applied as is. It might not be perfect (we
need to check) but at least it prevents the crash.

References:
    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00288.html
    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00319.html
    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00310.html
    
-- 
Joel

[commit/6.2] Mention mips-irix broken; Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Andrew Cagney]

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I've committed the attached (this sort of late breaking news is exactly 
what PROBLEMS is for :-)

Andrew

>>Once the BFD patch is applied, what's next to fail?
> 
> 
> I think the next biggie is the unwinder. But there is also the problem
> with floats that cause GDB to SEGV. The last one is on my plate, but
> the patch could still be applied as is. It might not be perfect (we
> need to check) but at least it prevents the crash.
> 
> References:
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00288.html
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00319.html
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00310.html
>     


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2004-07-29  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@gnu.org>

	* PROBLEMS (mips-irix): Note that it is broken.

Index: PROBLEMS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/PROBLEMS,v
retrieving revision 1.31.2.4
diff -p -u -r1.31.2.4 PROBLEMS
--- PROBLEMS	28 Jul 2004 19:51:42 -0000	1.31.2.4
+++ PROBLEMS	29 Jul 2004 22:28:37 -0000
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ complete, hitting Control-C does not hav
 The command execution is not aborted, and the "QUIT" message confirming
 the abortion is displayed only after the command has been completed.
 
+mips-irix broken:
+
+Due to problems with both BFD (sections not being correctly
+recognized) and GDB (backtraces failing), GDB 6.2 does not work on
+MIPS IRIX.
+
 *** C++ support
 
 gdb/931: GDB could be more generous when reading types C++ templates on input

Re: [commit/6.2] Mention mips-irix broken; Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Mark Kettenis]

   Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:31:47 -0400
   From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>

   I've committed the attached (this sort of late breaking news is exactly 
   what PROBLEMS is for :-)

Hmm.  NetBSD/mips is broken too.  Can you sneak in something about
that too?

Mark

Re: [commit/6.2] Mention mips-irix broken; Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Andrew Cagney]

>    Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:31:47 -0400
>    From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
> 
>    I've committed the attached (this sort of late breaking news is exactly 
>    what PROBLEMS is for :-)
> 
> Hmm.  NetBSD/mips is broken too.  Can you sneak in something about
> that too?

The tarball's hit sourceware :-(  I'll add it to the announcement but it 
won't be in the tarball.

Andrew