Re: [5.3] What's the hold up?

Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-11-20T19:07:10Z

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 01:52:27PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:50:46PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > If you search the bug data base for high GDB PR's you'll see:
> >
> > PR Category State Priority Responsible Synopsis
> > 378 gdb suspended high unassigned ``GNU/Linux'' ``Linux kernel''
> > 394 gdb suspended high unassigned GDB 5.1.1 contains intl/ droppings
> > 527 gdb suspended high unassigned GDB 5.2 incompatibilities with GNU
> > textutils 2.0.21 in POSIX mode
> > 676 gdb analyzed high unassigned Alpha OSF1, gcc, internal GDB error in
> > mdebugread
> > 708 gdb open high unassigned Can't build 5.3 branch (and probably trunk).
> > 725 gdb open high unassigned Crash using debug target and regcaches (in
> > 5.3 branch?)
> > 763 gdb open high unassigned gdb 5.2 removes the conditional breakpoints
> > 840 gdb suspended high unassigned Expect on GDB 5.3 branch doesn't build
> > on IRIX 6.5
> >
> > It is these (actually the non-suspended ones) that I'm trying to get
> > flushed.
> >
> > Of most concern are 708 and 676. They both indicate something failing the:
> >
> > ./configure
> > make
> > ./gdb/gdb ./gdb/gdb
> > (gdb) b main
> > (gdb) run
> >
> > release criteria :-(
>
> I hit gdb/708 on HP/UX... it's really not that complicated to fix, I
> don't think...
>
> Of course trying to reproduce it I can't even build the snapshot; it
> tries to make distclean in itcl.

However, my guess at a fix for gdb/708 is that dejagnu/Makefile.am
needs a distclean-local to parallel clean-local, which distcleans in
example/.

The failure in itcl/ appears to be a configure script bug with autoconf
2.5. Keith fixed this on mainline on Sep. 5th:

* configure.in (subdirs): New variable. Don't put AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS
macro into configure.in twice: it confuses autoconf. Instead use
the variable to hold the subdirs to be configured.
* configure: Regenerated.

This should probably go to the branch.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer