* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
@ 2003-09-22 20:49 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
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From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain @ 2003-09-22 20:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ac131313, carlton; +Cc: gdb
ac> A number of long standing bugs that caused GDB to die while starting a
ac> Java application have been fixed. GDB's Java support is now
ac> considered "useable".
dc> Works for me.
mec: me too.
I'm easy.
Michael C
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
@ 2003-09-20 20:49 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
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From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain @ 2003-09-20 20:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ac131313, carlton; +Cc: ezannoni, gdb
someone> A long-standing bug involving Java and dynamic libraries has been
someone> fixed. Support for Java debugging remains minimal, however.
ac> Do you have something more specific? That could mean anything.
The "long-standing bug" was gdb/1322.
http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/bugs/1322
"internal-error: sect_index_text not initialized" after printing a java type
I don't know what "minimal" means, specifically.
Michael C
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* Re: tls tests on gdb-6?
@ 2003-09-11 23:58 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-09-12 1:13 ` 6.0 NEWS; " Andrew Cagney
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From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain @ 2003-09-11 23:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ezannoni; +Cc: gdb
eza> What's the thought about putting the tls tests into the gdb-6 branch?
eza> yes/no/indifferent?
I would rather not, on the principle of "don't shake the jello"
But I guess it really depends on whether TLS support is an advertised
feature of gdb 6.0. I am hoping that it's not.
Michael C
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* 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-11 23:58 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
@ 2003-09-12 1:13 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-09-17 15:36 ` David Carlton
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From: Andrew Cagney @ 2003-09-12 1:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni; +Cc: gdb
> eza> What's the thought about putting the tls tests into the gdb-6 branch?
> eza> yes/no/indifferent?
>
> I would rather not, on the principle of "don't shake the jello"
>
> But I guess it really depends on whether TLS support is an advertised
> feature of gdb 6.0. I am hoping that it's not.
BTW, there are a few 6.0 features that need to be advertized:
- frame stuff
- file i/o stuff
- C++ improvements?
- expression evaluation
- so .... tls?
Andrew
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-12 1:13 ` 6.0 NEWS; " Andrew Cagney
@ 2003-09-17 15:36 ` David Carlton
2003-09-17 15:45 ` Andrew Cagney
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From: David Carlton @ 2003-09-17 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Cagney; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni, gdb
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:13:18 -0400, Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> said:
> BTW, there are a few 6.0 features that need to be advertized:
> - C++ improvements?
I wouldn't advertise the C++ stuff: what's in 6.0 won't make a
difference to users. It's not really going to make a difference until
nested type support gets fully implemented, and that isn't even in the
mainline yet, let alone 6.0.
David Carlton
carlton@kealia.com
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-17 15:36 ` David Carlton
@ 2003-09-17 15:45 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-09-17 15:53 ` David Carlton
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From: Andrew Cagney @ 2003-09-17 15:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Carlton; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni, gdb
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:13:18 -0400, Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> said:
>
>
>> BTW, there are a few 6.0 features that need to be advertized:
>
>
>> - C++ improvements?
>
>
> I wouldn't advertise the C++ stuff: what's in 6.0 won't make a
> difference to users. It's not really going to make a difference until
> nested type support gets fully implemented, and that isn't even in the
> mainline yet, let alone 6.0.
Is it more robust?
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-17 15:45 ` Andrew Cagney
@ 2003-09-17 15:53 ` David Carlton
2003-09-20 20:12 ` Andrew Cagney
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From: David Carlton @ 2003-09-17 15:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Cagney; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni, gdb
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:45:52 -0400, Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> said:
>> I wouldn't advertise the C++ stuff: what's in 6.0 won't make a
>> difference to users. It's not really going to make a difference
>> until nested type support gets fully implemented, and that isn't
>> even in the mainline yet, let alone 6.0.
> Is it more robust?
I don't recall changes that would make it much more robust, and a
quick scan of GNATS didn't remind me of any big changes. There have
been some small bug fixes, but no more than in other areas of GDB's
code.
Actually, the main robustness side effect of my C++ work has probably
been the Java support; it might be worth saying something like
A long-standing bug involving Java and dynamic libraries has been
fixed. Support for Java debugging remains minimal, however.
David Carlton
carlton@kealia.com
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-17 15:53 ` David Carlton
@ 2003-09-20 20:12 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-09-22 16:10 ` David Carlton
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From: Andrew Cagney @ 2003-09-20 20:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Carlton; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni, gdb
> A long-standing bug involving Java and dynamic libraries has been
> fixed. Support for Java debugging remains minimal, however.
Do you have something more specific? That could mean anything.
Andrew
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-20 20:12 ` Andrew Cagney
@ 2003-09-22 16:10 ` David Carlton
2003-09-22 19:08 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-09-22 20:04 ` Andrew Cagney
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From: David Carlton @ 2003-09-22 16:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Cagney; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni, gdb
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:12:19 -0400, Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> said:
>> A long-standing bug involving Java and dynamic libraries has been
>> fixed. Support for Java debugging remains minimal, however.
> Do you have something more specific? That could mean anything.
Yeah, you're right: that is vague. The long-standing bug is that it
had been the case that, if you did something to trigger a dynamic
library being loaded after you started debugging a Java program with
GDB, then GDB would seg fault or do something else to make your life
miserable. Bug 1322 is the latest problem in this area, as Michael
mentioned, but I'm really referring to earlier bugs, ones that were
present in released versions of GDB. I fixed one or two bugs related
to this; I know my patch from 2003-05-02 was one of them, and there
might have been another one as well. I don't have direct evidence as
to how old the problem is, but it's not clear to me that this ever
worked: it seems like it would have been present in the earliest
versions of those files in the public CVS tree.
The "minimal" comment is just there to not encourage people to get
their hopes up that Java debugging works well in GDB: my impression is
that it doesn't.
Anyways, that's what I meant. As to what the NEWS file should say,
well... I'm not sure that referring to Bug 1322 is actually useful,
because it only had that particular manifestation for a couple of
months, and in particular no release of GDB had that bug. You could
make my original statement a little more specific by saying "A
long-standing bug causing GDB to seg fault when loading a dynamic
library while debugging a Java program has been fixed." That doesn't
read too well, though.
David Carlton
carlton@kealia.com
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-22 16:10 ` David Carlton
@ 2003-09-22 19:08 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-09-22 19:22 ` David Carlton
2003-09-22 20:04 ` Andrew Cagney
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From: Andrew Cagney @ 2003-09-22 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Carlton; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni, gdb
> Anyways, that's what I meant. As to what the NEWS file should say,
> well... I'm not sure that referring to Bug 1322 is actually useful,
> because it only had that particular manifestation for a couple of
> months, and in particular no release of GDB had that bug. You could
> make my original statement a little more specific by saying "A
> long-standing bug causing GDB to seg fault when loading a dynamic
> library while debugging a Java program has been fixed." That doesn't
> read too well, though.
Ok, I'll drop it then (easier).
Andrew
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-22 19:08 ` Andrew Cagney
@ 2003-09-22 19:22 ` David Carlton
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From: David Carlton @ 2003-09-22 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Cagney; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni, gdb
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:08:20 -0400, Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> said:
>> Anyways, that's what I meant. As to what the NEWS file should say,
>> well... I'm not sure that referring to Bug 1322 is actually useful,
>> because it only had that particular manifestation for a couple of
>> months, and in particular no release of GDB had that bug. You could
>> make my original statement a little more specific by saying "A
>> long-standing bug causing GDB to seg fault when loading a dynamic
>> library while debugging a Java program has been fixed." That doesn't
>> read too well, though.
> Ok, I'll drop it then (easier).
Drop the mention of Bug 1322, or drop the whole thing? I think it's
worth mentioning something about the situation: my understanding from
Tom Tromey is that it used to be almost impossible to use GDB to debug
Java, but now it's sometimes possible, which is a change worth
noting. Your call, though.
David Carlton
carlton@kealia.com
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-22 16:10 ` David Carlton
2003-09-22 19:08 ` Andrew Cagney
@ 2003-09-22 20:04 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-09-22 20:10 ` David Carlton
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From: Andrew Cagney @ 2003-09-22 20:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Carlton; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, ezannoni, gdb
> Yeah, you're right: that is vague. The long-standing bug is that it
> had been the case that, if you did something to trigger a dynamic
> library being loaded after you started debugging a Java program with
> GDB, then GDB would seg fault or do something else to make your life
> miserable. Bug 1322 is the latest problem in this area, as Michael
> mentioned, but I'm really referring to earlier bugs, ones that were
> present in released versions of GDB. I fixed one or two bugs related
> to this; I know my patch from 2003-05-02 was one of them, and there
> might have been another one as well. I don't have direct evidence as
> to how old the problem is, but it's not clear to me that this ever
> worked: it seems like it would have been present in the earliest
> versions of those files in the public CVS tree.
I was going to completly drop it, however ... Just spoke to "The Java
Team" (rhat joke) try:
* Java
A number of long standing bugs that caused GDB to die while starting a
Java application have been fixed. GDB's Java support is now considered
"useable".
Andrew
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* Re: 6.0 NEWS; tls tests on gdb-6?
2003-09-22 20:04 ` Andrew Cagney
@ 2003-09-22 20:10 ` David Carlton
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From: David Carlton @ 2003-09-22 20:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Cagney; +Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain, gdb
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:04:40 -0400, Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> said:
> I was going to completly drop it, however ... Just spoke to "The Java
> Team" (rhat joke) try:
> * Java
> A number of long standing bugs that caused GDB to die while starting a
> Java application have been fixed. GDB's Java support is now
> considered "useable".
Works for me.
David Carlton
carlton@kealia.com
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