Re: GDB 6.2.1?

[Baurjan Ismagulov <ibr@ata.cs.hun.edu.tr>]

Hello,

On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 02:31:30PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >I'll commit the ``absolute source path'' patch then 6.2.1 is good to go 
> >(well depending on how Eli and Mark resolve the i386 change). 
> 
> I'm going to back out of my decision here :-(
> 
> I've looked over the patch and am really reluctant to back-port it 
> without a testcase illustrating what it fixed.

I've tried the test as given in
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-04/msg00463.html , it
doesn't work with 6.2 and does work with 6.2 + patch.

As for testsuite entry, it is on my TODO list for a long time. I'll try
to do it these weeks.


> While yes a bug, its not 
> like the absolute shocker MIPS crash in 6.2.  It's also long standing. 
> I think for this we should instead accelerate 6.3 a little and pull it 
> into the Oct/Nov timeframe.

No problem with me.


With kind regards,
Baurjan.