Re: help: gdb and c++ strings

[Murad Nayal <mn216@columbia.edu>]

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?