Re: Three weeks to branching (gdb 7.5 release)

Joel Brobecker
2012-05-30T22:04:56Z

> [Jan] Fix gdb.cp/gdb2495.exp regression with gcc-4.7
> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-03/msg00357.html 1/2
> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-03/msg00358.html 2/2
> - This is not a regression of GDB itself but it is a regression of the whole
> GNU toolchain. There is missing some protection against stale breakpoints
> on stack (ON_STACK) after longjmps/throws (I do not remember it much now).
> I use in Fedora these patches.
>
> [Jan] workaround stale frame_info * ( http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13866 )
> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-04/msg00058.html
> - some proper fix will almost sure not get into 7.5 so maybe to fix "finish"
> crashes the workaround could be even applied for FSF GDB HEAD?
> I use in Fedora this workaround.

Thanks for the heads up, Jan. Looks like me might want to delay
the branch. I can't remember that Doug said he was done on his end.

There is no real hurry until the end of the month. After that,
my schedule gets really tight again, pretty much until mid-september.
I still expect to be able to make the branch, and possibly produce
the release, but I might not be able to push for regular updates
the way I like to do...

--
Joel