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gdb/553: gdb with -gdwarf2 fails with binutils HEAD%20020514



>Number:         553
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       gdb with -gdwarf2 fails with binutils HEAD%20020514
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 19 19:28:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     mec@shout.net
>Release:        5.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
target = native, host = i686-pc-linux-gnu%rh-7.2, gdb = HEAD, gcc = HEAD%20020514, binutils=HEAD%20020514, glibc = vendor, goption = -gdwarf2
>Description:
gas changed its dwarf2 location output and gdb chokes on the new output.

This may be fixable in gdb, but more likely it needs to be fixed in binutils.

See this message for lots of details:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2002-05/msg00230.html

>How-To-Repeat:
Run the gdb test suite with binutils HEAD after 20020514 or later, gcc 3 (any version), and -gdwarf-2.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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