From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21659 invoked by alias); 18 Mar 2004 16:55:39 -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 21650 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2004 16:55:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO legolas.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.24) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 18 Mar 2004 16:55:38 -0000 Received: from zaretski ([80.230.158.204]) by legolas.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.5-GR) with ESMTP id BMN50940; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:54:59 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:09:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: Daniel Jacobowitz Message-Id: <2719-Thu18Mar2004185302+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <20040318163655.GA6165@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:36:55 -0500) Subject: Re: [rfa/doco] PROBLEMS: add regressions since gdb 6.0 Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20040317015343.3DA244B104@berman.michael-chastain.com> <8296-Wed17Mar2004210500+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <4058B42C.8010007@gnu.org> <20040318163655.GA6165@nevyn.them.org> X-SW-Source: 2004-03/txt/msg00430.txt.bz2 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:36:55 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 08:10:53AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > This is IMHO better than just ``in worse shape'', but it's still not > > detailed enough. I, for one, don't understand the real meaning of > > ``decent backtraces''. What does it mean? do I get garbage in some or > > all frames? does the backtrace stop short of showing be the whole > > picture? which frames are susceptible and what can I do to alleviate > > that (compilation options, perhaps)? Etc., etc. > > All of the above problems are likely. Well, in that case, I think we should mention them all. > Relevant compiler options tend to vary by architecture. Can we mention the options for at least a couple of the most popular architectures that suffer from such problems? From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21659 invoked by alias); 18 Mar 2004 16:55:39 -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 21650 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2004 16:55:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO legolas.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.24) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 18 Mar 2004 16:55:38 -0000 Received: from zaretski ([80.230.158.204]) by legolas.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.5-GR) with ESMTP id BMN50940; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:54:59 +0200 (IST) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:55:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: Daniel Jacobowitz Message-ID: <2719-Thu18Mar2004185302+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <20040318163655.GA6165@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:36:55 -0500) Subject: Re: [rfa/doco] PROBLEMS: add regressions since gdb 6.0 Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20040317015343.3DA244B104@berman.michael-chastain.com> <8296-Wed17Mar2004210500+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <4058B42C.8010007@gnu.org> <20040318163655.GA6165@nevyn.them.org> X-SW-Source: 2004-03.o/txt/msg00430.txt Message-ID: <20040318165500.B95FXRzth3d0gI1hv88nbd-ClXfVDzGHE2-7iPg7Muc@z> > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:36:55 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 08:10:53AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > This is IMHO better than just ``in worse shape'', but it's still not > > detailed enough. I, for one, don't understand the real meaning of > > ``decent backtraces''. What does it mean? do I get garbage in some or > > all frames? does the backtrace stop short of showing be the whole > > picture? which frames are susceptible and what can I do to alleviate > > that (compilation options, perhaps)? Etc., etc. > > All of the above problems are likely. Well, in that case, I think we should mention them all. > Relevant compiler options tend to vary by architecture. Can we mention the options for at least a couple of the most popular architectures that suffer from such problems?