Re: help: gdb and c++ strings

Murad Nayal
2002-12-06T06:25:46Z

Hello Michael

the 5.2 snapshot worked. thank you all very much for the help. I haven't
tried the 5.3 branch snapshot (it took forever to download from cvs,
which I started before getting Michael's message).

best

Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
>
> Hello Murad,
>
> There are two snapshots available:
>
> ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/gdb/snapshots/branch/gdb-5.2.91.tar.bz2
> ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/gdb/snapshots/current/insight+dejagnu-weekly-CVS-20021206.tar.bz2
>
> The first snapshot is from the 5.3 branch and will become gdb 5.3 soon
> if everything goes well. I am regression testing this right now versus
> 5.2.1 and there are no big obvious problems yet.
>
> The second snapshot is from the CVS head. It's more likely to have the
> bug fix that Daniel J is referring to. It's also possible that it has
> build problems because the configuration+build machinery is in active
> development right now. If it builds, though, it is also in good shape
> for gcc v3 dwarf-2 debugging.
>
> You are on the right track with gcc 3.2.1 and -gdwarf-2.
>
> I recommend you try the "branch" snapshot first; it is much more stable.
> If it is not featureful enough (does not fix your problems) then try
> the "current" snapshot.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Michael C
>
> P. S. I see you are at columbia.edu. I am on Staten Island. Isn't
> the city beautiful with today's snow?