Re: [rfa/doco] PROBLEMS: remove pr gdb/1505

Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-07T16:24:47Z

On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 03:26:39AM -0400, Michael Chastain wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> drow> I'm curious - why do you believe that PR 1505 has been fixed?
> drow> Some particular instance may have been, but the problem definitely
> drow> remains - see discussion on gdb@ this week.
>
> My test bed says that the problem no longer occurs in the environment
> where it was reported. Something changed in gdb since the last spin and
> gdb finds the right bottom-of-stack now.
>
> The problem hasn't occured in any other environments that anyone has
> seen, either. So I closed the PR. (I optimized away the feedback step
> because I was the original submitter). I would tell the original
> submitter: if it happens again, with the same or different platform,
> file a new PR.
>
> I'm open to alternatives. How do you suggest we handle PR/1505?

This is what I get for reading the entry in PROBLEMS that you were
removing rather than the PR referenced.

PR 1505 is fixed. However, the problem of stopping backtraces in
general is not - Andrew made some suggestions.

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Daniel Jacobowitz