From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21118 invoked by alias); 25 Jul 2007 02:18:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 21108 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Jul 2007 02:18:46 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp109.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com (HELO smtp109.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com) (68.142.201.178) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:18:43 +0000 Received: (qmail 72870 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2007 02:18:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.237?) (wenbo.yang@simplnano.com@211.101.21.42 with plain) by smtp109.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2007 02:18:39 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: BK1rszYVM1mQgDVSTSaaORzNYQGN_KspXJ6qJX2x7z6XyFMb2x6.kr_2zb5zeL.6CCVIffFghRIahyvDxGWAQA0JGg8FkZui0fElC0WkNVE0.RZz1fLNsxi1x.9O1Q-- Message-ID: <46A6B2F7.5000703@simplnano.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:29:00 -0000 From: Wenbo Yang User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070625) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andreas Schwab CC: bjgnu@sunnorth.com.cn, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: gdb.info error when building GDB References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 2007-07/txt/msg00183.txt.bz2 Andreas Schwab writes: > bjgnu@sunnorth.com.cn writes: > >> gdb.info: Bad address >> makeinfo: Removing output file `gdb.info' due to errors; use --force to >> preserve. >> >> What is the problem? > > That looks like a problem on your side that has nothing to do with gdb > ("Bad address" is EFAULT). Perhaps a bit flip due to bad memory. From my experience, different version of "makeinfo" may cause similar problems. You can try to use the "makeinfo" version specified in the header of existing "*.info" files(in original downloaded gdb tar ball). Regards, Wenbo -- Wenbo Yang The State Key Lab. of Information Security Graduate School of CAS, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, China Homepage: http://solrex.cn SimpLight Nanoelectronics Ltd. 6 Zhichun Road, 10th Floor, Beijing, China Phone: +86-10-5126-6989 --- Email: wenbo.yang@simplnano.com