Re: Strange effect in GDB 6.8 when setting breakpoint on symbol with both strong and weak definitions

Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-10-15T01:30:00Z

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:30:42PM +0100, Antony KING wrote:
> I have also just tried this with the CVS HEAD of GDB with the same
> result. Could it be that GDB is re-evaluating the breakpoint after the
> program is launched (since it is a pending breakpoint) and a different
> instance of f() being found ?

Yes, that's pretty likely. There may not be much about it.

> OK. I do not remember seeing anything recently on the GDB list about
> this, but is this an area being looked at as a future enhancement ?

I agree that it should be improved, but I do not think anyone is
planning to work on it.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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