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Re: gdb/561: gdb 5.2 and gcc 3.1, gdb fails to read symbol table, infinite loop
- From: David Barto <barto at visionpro dot com>
- To: drow at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-prs at sources dot redhat dot com,
- Date: 29 May 2002 13:28:06 -0000
- Subject: Re: gdb/561: gdb 5.2 and gcc 3.1, gdb fails to read symbol table, infinite loop
- Reply-to: David Barto <barto at visionpro dot com>
The following reply was made to PR gdb/561; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: David Barto <barto@visionpro.com>
To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>
Cc: drow@sources.redhat.com, gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com,
gdb-prs@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: gdb/561: gdb 5.2 and gcc 3.1, gdb fails to read symbol table, infinite loop
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 06:27:05 -0700
Update binutils to 2.12. major enhancement for the Sparc/Solaris
version where my bug started.
They should put it in the release notes that you 'should' (I would
say must) upgrade to binutils 2.12.
-barto
On Tue, 28 May 2002 16:18:10 -0500
Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net> wrote:
> I'm still getting a similar bug with the HEAD version of gdb,
> as of 2002-05-26.
>
> target = native
> host = i686-pc-linux-gnu%rh-7.2
> gdb = HEAD%20020526
> gcc = 3.1
> binutils = 2.11.2
> gformat = -gstabs+
> glevel = -g2
>
> This happens when debugging gdb.c++/virtfunc.exp.
> See PR gdb/554 for more info.
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=gdb&cmd=view&pr=554
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