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Re: 4.17.85 Feedback


  In message <m10ImMu-00000YC@ocean.lucon.org>you write:
  > >   > Since I need some features like x87 FPU, hardware watchpoint and
  > >   > thread support under Linux, I cannot use gdb 4.17.85 as is for
  > >   > Linux. I will make a patch after gdb 4.18 is released.
  > > Hardware watchpoints have been in gdb for years.  What precisely do you
  > > think is wrong with them?  I use them on linux regularly.
  > > 
  > 
  > There are several problems. A very annoying one:
  > 
  > 1. Create 4 watchponts watching 4 different values.
  > 2. Check if they are hardware and they work.
  > 3. Delete all 4 watchponts.
  > 4. Create another 4 watchponts watching 4 different values.
  > 5. Check if they are hardware and they work.
So, submit a patch for this specific problem and follow it through until the
issue is resolved.  That way the software actually improves over time.

Making your own hacked releases does nothing to improve GNU software.


jeff