[rfc/5.1] Document HP/UX build/config problems

[rfc/5.1] Document HP/UX build/config problems

[Andrew Cagney]

Hello,

The attached updates the README file so that it mentions the HP/UX problems.

Comments?

Andrew
From ezannoni@cygnus.com Mon Oct 15 20:10:00 2001
From: Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@cygnus.com>
To: jason-swarelist@molenda.com
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFA] bug in symtab.c:lookup_block_symbol()'s search method
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:10:00 -0000
Message-id: <15307.42699.960252.786487@krustylu.cygnus.com>
References: <3BCA0ED9.E26EDF21@ne.mediaone.net>
X-SW-Source: 2001-10/msg00230.html
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Jason Molenda writes:
 > 
 > 
 > This patch fixes a bug introduced in October, 2000.  Discussion and
 > history
 > are here:
 > 	http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2001-09/msg00076.html
 > 
 > Analysis of performance impact is here:
 > 	http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2001-09/msg00084.html
 > 
 > This patch should be approved for both the mainline and the 5.1 branch.
 > It adds no new testsuite failures.
 > 

After pondering on this for a while and discussing it with others in
the gdb group, I am inclined to accept this patch into the main line
but not 5.1.

The possibility that there is an identifier that start with a
isspace() char is quite remote. And as Jason points out the rest
of the code in the function wouldn't be able to deal with it either.

Jason, if you can check this in, please go ahead.

Looking at this function I also noticed an outdated comment. Will fix
in a follow up patch.

Elena

 > Jason
 > 
 > 2001-09-07  Jason Molenda  (jmolenda@apple.com)
 > 
 >         * symtab.c (lookup_block_symbol):  Break out of linear search
 >         if we're past the range of possible matches.
 > 
 > Index: symtab.c
 > ===================================================================
 > RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/symtab.c,v
 > retrieving revision 1.42
 > diff -u -p -r1.42 symtab.c
 > --- symtab.c	2001/07/07 17:19:50	1.42
 > +++ symtab.c	2001/09/09 14:17:25
 > @@ -1249,6 +1249,10 @@ lookup_block_symbol (register const stru
 >  	    {
 >  	      return sym;
 >  	    }
 > +          if (SYMBOL_SOURCE_NAME (sym)[0] > name[0])
 > +            {
 > +              break;
 > +            }
 >  	  bot++;
 >  	}
 >      }

Re: [rfc/5.1] Document HP/UX build/config problems

[Andrew Cagney]

I've checked this in (trunk and branch).

Andrew

> Hello,
> 
> The attached updates the README file so that it mentions the HP/UX problems.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> 2001-10-15  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
> 
> * README: Mention problems with HP/UX.
> 
> Index: README
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/README,v
> retrieving revision 1.8
> diff -p -r1.8 README
> *** README	2001/07/28 17:13:42	1.8
> --- README	2001/10/16 02:49:49
> *************** GDB or its supporting libraries.
> *** 429,437 ****
>   Host/target specific installation notes
>   =======================================
>   
> ! solaris??-64-???
>   
> ! Something goes here on how to set up a 64 bit build.
>   
>   
>   Remote debugging
> --- 429,447 ----
>   Host/target specific installation notes
>   =======================================
>   
> ! hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20
>   
> ! Due to a problem with libiberty/regex.c, GDB does not build on HP/UX
> ! 10.20 when using the HP supplied compiler.
> ! 
> ! Due to bit rot problems, GDB does not work on HP/UX 10.20 when built
> ! with GCC.
> ! 
> ! 
> ! hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00
> ! 
> ! Due to a problem with ltconfig and long argument lines, GDB does not
> ! configure on HP/UX 11.00.
>   
>   
>   Remote debugging
>