From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25104 invoked by alias); 9 Jul 2009 15:29:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 25096 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Jul 2009 15:29:24 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx2.redhat.com (HELO mx2.redhat.com) (66.187.237.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:29:16 +0000 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n69FTEPr030201 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:29:14 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n69FTDBl014746 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:29:13 -0400 Received: from host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (sebastian-int.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.221]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n69FTBpE005473 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:29:13 -0400 Received: from host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n69FTAgx030504; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:29:10 +0200 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n69FT9XZ030497; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:29:09 +0200 Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:29:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Michael Eager Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Debugging gdb under gdb Message-ID: <20090709152909.GA29274@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> References: <4A55313B.8000006@eagercon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A55313B.8000006@eagercon.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-07/txt/msg00063.txt.bz2 On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:52:27 +0200, Michael Eager wrote: > When I try to run a test gdb under gdb, the host gdb hangs. ... > The host gdb is "GNU gdb Fedora (6.8-32.fc10)". >From the GDB version assuming you did hit a Fedora kernel problem tracked at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486564 It is fixed in Fedora-11 kernels, Fedora-10 will get a backport - or may already got one). From my experience Fedora-11 kernels also work fine with Fedora-10 OS (but be sure to have /usr/bin/rpm from the latest Fedora-10 update before installing any Fedora-11 package) Sorry, Jan