Re: [RFA] 12266 (typedef'd parameters) revisited again - what should go for gdb-7.3?

Jan Kratochvil
2011-06-07T20:44:29Z

Hi Keith,

On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:32:05 +0200, Keith Seitz wrote:
> I agree, and I will do that when I can successfully get through
> libstdc++ (and libwebkit, others?).

there are already some GDB tests being run in Red Hat on all the debuginfos,
such as -readnow, some new tests wrt breakpoints/linespec should be run on
those debuginfo collections. Unfortunately this is still about testing
compatibility with only the recent GCC outputs and nothing else.

> > [patch 1/2] physname reg.: linespec minsym fallback
> > http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-06/msg00079.html
[...]
> Additionally, I would even suggest adding a fallback to
> decode_variable if decode_compound fails. This is, I believe, the
> biggest linespec regression honey pot we've seen.

This is the patch above (despite its "minsym" name).

Thanks,
Jan