cat 2.c int main (int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) { return 0; } gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) gdb ./a.out GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5.50.20120721-cvs Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /home/teawater/tmp/a.out...done. (gdb) b 3 Breakpoint 1 at 0x4004c3: file 2.c, line 3. (gdb) r Starting program: /home/teawater/tmp/a.out Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: malformed linespec error: unexpected string, ".c" Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: malformed linespec error: unexpected string, ".c" Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: malformed linespec error: unexpected string, ".c" Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: malformed linespec error: unexpected string, ".c" [Inferior 1 (process 11361) exited normally] (gdb) quit gcc-4.4 -v Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.7-1ubuntu2' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.4/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.4 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.4 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.4.7 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.7-1ubuntu2) gcc-4.4 -g 2.c gdb ./a.out GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5.50.20120721-cvs Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /home/teawater/tmp/a.out...done. (gdb) b 3 Breakpoint 1 at 0x4004c3: file 2.c, line 3. (gdb) r Starting program: /home/teawater/tmp/a.out Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: malformed linespec error: unexpected string, ".c" Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: malformed linespec error: unexpected string, ".c" Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: malformed linespec error: unexpected string, ".c" Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: malformed linespec error: unexpected string, ".c" [Inferior 1 (process 11375) exited normally]
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-07/msg00420.html Patch fo this issue.
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-cvs/2012-07/msg00198.html http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-cvs/2012-07/msg00199.html