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Re: [PATCH] Merge of readline 4.3 to mainline
- From: Elena Zannoni <ezannoni at redhat dot com>
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec at shout dot net>
- Cc: carlton at math dot stanford dot edu, ezannoni at redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 20:03:52 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Merge of readline 4.3 to mainline
- References: <200212092342.gB9Ngdq00487@duracef.shout.net>
Michael Elizabeth Chastain writes:
> Heh. I figured out what's special about my system.
>
> I build the whole toolchain from scratch, starting with gnu make, then
> binutils, then a baseline version of gcc. Then I use the baseline tools
> to build everything else, including all the binutils, gcc's, and gdb's
> that I test with. Then I run all the tests.
>
> The idea of the baseline is to make a test bed that can bootstrap on
> systems without the gnu toolchain, like Solaris.
>
> My baseline compiler is gcc 2.95.3, because it's simple and fast.
>
> When I build gdb with /bin/cc, or when I use gcc 3.2.1 + binutils 2.13.1,
> the strange behavior in readline does not happen and my gdb.log looks
> normal and good.
>
> So it's some interaction with building gdb with gcc 2.95.3 and then
> running on red hat linux 8 that causes the perverse line refreshes.
> I figure this falls in the category of "don't do that!"
>
> Anyways now we know a little more about readline in case the perverse
> line refreshes ever strike anyone else.
>
Hmm, this look similar to the problem that Bill Gatliff was
seeing. Not quite the same, but related to the command line as well.
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2002-12/msg00083.html
Elena
> Feeling bashful,
>
> Michael C