From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7646 invoked by alias); 17 Jul 2014 14:50:11 -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 7623 invoked by uid 89); 17 Jul 2014 14:50:10 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-oi0-f52.google.com Received: from mail-oi0-f52.google.com (HELO mail-oi0-f52.google.com) (209.85.218.52) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:50:08 +0000 Received: by mail-oi0-f52.google.com with SMTP id h136so1196811oig.11 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:50:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.236.162 with SMTP id uv2mr46090392obc.12.1405608606958; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:50:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.1.244 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:50:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140717133826.GL4888@adacore.com> References: <20140717133826.GL4888@adacore.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:07:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GDB 7.8 update (getting closer, new pre-release) From: "H.J. Lu" To: Joel Brobecker Cc: GDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-07/txt/msg00468.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Joel Brobecker wrote: > Hello everyone, > > First, a big Thank You to everyone who worked on cleaning out > all the regressions and blocking issues so far. While the release > process for this branch started as the quietest ever for me, > the number of identified blocking issues eventually rose to about > 3 times the number of issues identified in the previous release > process. We're down to 3 entries in the TODO list before 7.8 release, > so Thank You to everyone involved in the fixes getting us there. > > The 3 entries are: > > [Doug/Pedro] Asynchronous + all-stop problematic on gdbserver > (being debated as not critical for 7.8, and I think I saw a patch > from Doug to help the user in case of problem) > > [Doug] /usr/share/gdb/{guile,python}/ gets installed even --without-{guile,python} > NTH - not serious, nice to have only > > [Doug] Precompile scheme files > NTH - not critical, but just a bit more important than "nice to have" > > Issue #1 looks like it's on its way to being mitigated, and in > the meantime isn't critical. Issue #2 is "nice to have", and > issue #3 is "important". > > Doug - any thoughts on when we might a fix, at least for issue #3? > I propose that we take issue #2 out of the mix. We've been doing > this for Python files too, so it could be argued as not being > a regression. > > I propose I make a second pre-release tomorrow morning, or even > tonight. That should give people some time to re-test. I'm away > next week, but hopefully by the time I come back, we'll be ready > to make that release. > > Thoughts? > Is that possible to include those 2 patches: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=144bed8d4d8a1bdc0067f55f2ee71c07e5594677 https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=cca5b8b64b3286bb96cd7a2c18232d1acea85cd9 in GDB 7.8. It properly disassembles PLT section in libc.so with IFUNC. Thanks. -- H.J.