From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10163 invoked by alias); 24 Aug 2002 19:17:05 -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 10154 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2002 19:17:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO frigg.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.16) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Aug 2002 19:17:04 -0000 Received: from Zaretsky ([80.230.2.40]) by frigg.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.1.0.58-GA) with ESMTP id BRS47425; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:16:58 +0300 (IDT) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 14:05:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: kettenis@chello.nl Message-Id: <3405-Sat24Aug2002221924+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <200208241428.g7OESLLe066004@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> (message from Mark Kettenis on Sat, 24 Aug 2002 16:28:21 +0200 (CEST)) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mention some problems with using GDB on FreeBSD Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <200208240035.g7O0ZU65032156@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> <8011-Sat24Aug2002123631+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <200208241428.g7OESLLe066004@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> X-SW-Source: 2002-08/txt/msg00804.txt.bz2 > Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 16:28:21 +0200 (CEST) > From: Mark Kettenis > > +As a result GDB tends to place breakpoints on functions before the > +function prologue, and information about function parameters and local > +variables is lost. In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather > +limited, but starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more > +prominent. As a workaround, compile your code with -gdwarf-2. Perfect; thanks!