[commit/6.2] Mention mips-irix broken; Re: GDB 6.2 branch frozen

[Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>]

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I've committed the attached (this sort of late breaking news is exactly 
what PROBLEMS is for :-)

Andrew

>>Once the BFD patch is applied, what's next to fail?
> 
> 
> I think the next biggie is the unwinder. But there is also the problem
> with floats that cause GDB to SEGV. The last one is on my plate, but
> the patch could still be applied as is. It might not be perfect (we
> need to check) but at least it prevents the crash.
> 
> References:
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00288.html
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00319.html
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00310.html
>     


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2004-07-29  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@gnu.org>

	* PROBLEMS (mips-irix): Note that it is broken.

Index: PROBLEMS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/PROBLEMS,v
retrieving revision 1.31.2.4
diff -p -u -r1.31.2.4 PROBLEMS
--- PROBLEMS	28 Jul 2004 19:51:42 -0000	1.31.2.4
+++ PROBLEMS	29 Jul 2004 22:28:37 -0000
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ complete, hitting Control-C does not hav
 The command execution is not aborted, and the "QUIT" message confirming
 the abortion is displayed only after the command has been completed.
 
+mips-irix broken:
+
+Due to problems with both BFD (sections not being correctly
+recognized) and GDB (backtraces failing), GDB 6.2 does not work on
+MIPS IRIX.
+
 *** C++ support
 
 gdb/931: GDB could be more generous when reading types C++ templates on input