From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28503 invoked by alias); 29 Oct 2013 17:38:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 28486 invoked by uid 89); 29 Oct 2013 17:38:58 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:38:58 +0000 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r9THcsOb017860 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:38:54 -0400 Received: from barimba (ovpn-113-94.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.94]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r9THcqrv002597 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:38:53 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: Steve Ellcey Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Pedro Alves , Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid producing broken non-native core files References: <1383066110.2558.177.camel@ubuntu-sellcey> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:38:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <1383066110.2558.177.camel@ubuntu-sellcey> (Steve Ellcey's message of "Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:01:50 -0700") Message-ID: <87a9hs7z9v.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2013-10/txt/msg00908.txt.bz2 Steve> I do not get this error when using a newer GCC (like 4.4.3 or above). I Steve> can work around it by setting siginfo_size to 0 when it is declared. I Steve> don't know if there is a minimum GCC version required for building gdb Steve> but my build with GCC 4.1.2 used to work. Do you think initializing Steve> siginfo_size is reasonable to allow us to use older GCC's to build gdb? FWIW, it's routine to commit changes like that in response to any complaint. Tom