Re: GDB 18.1 release update -- 2026-09-01

[Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>]

Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> writes:

> Hi Andrew,
>
>> Still Open Since Previous Update:
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>>  * dap/34548 - gdb.dap/pause.exp hangs on Solaris
>>    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34548
>>
>>    A V2 patch was posted here:
>>
>>    https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/ydd4iged3z5.fsf_-_@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE
>
> the patch (or rather the minor revision at
>
>      https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2026-September/230000.html
>
> ) has now been committed to trunk.
>
>> Added Since the Last Update:
>> ----------------------------
>
> There's also
>
>   * corefiles/34555
>     https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34555
>
>     A patch has been posted, but not reviewed yet:
>
>     https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2026-August/229698.html

I happy to track this bug for GDB 18, and I'll try to review this patch
next.  But... if I understand this bug report correctly, this is a long
standing bug in GDB, not a regression introduced in the last couple of
releases.  As such I'd prefer that we didn't hold the release for this
fix (which I will review next, so might be fixed anyway).

I'd really like to avoid holding the release for:

  + new features,
  + fixes for things that have never worked, or
  + fixes for things that have been broken for 2+ releases.

I'm about to send out another 'release update' and I plan to list this
bug under "nice to have".  Then I'll go and review the fix, so hopefully
we'll land this anyway.

I know that might not be the answer you were hoping for, but I will make
reviewing that patch a priority.

Thanks,
Andrew