Re: GDB 7.8 update (getting closer, new pre-release)

[Edjunior Barbosa Machado <emachado at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>]

On 07/17/2014 10:38 AM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> First, a big Thank You to everyone who worked on cleaning out
> all the regressions and blocking issues so far. While the release
> process for this branch started as the quietest ever for me,
> the number of identified blocking issues eventually rose to about
> 3 times the number of issues identified in the previous release
> process. We're down to 3 entries in the TODO list before 7.8 release,
> so Thank You to everyone involved in the fixes getting us there.
> 
> The 3 entries are:
> 
>     [Doug/Pedro] Asynchronous + all-stop problematic on gdbserver
>     (being debated as not critical for 7.8, and I think I saw a patch
>     from Doug to help the user in case of problem)
> 
>     [Doug] /usr/share/gdb/{guile,python}/ gets installed even --without-{guile,python}
>     NTH - not serious, nice to have only
> 
>     [Doug] Precompile scheme files
>     NTH - not critical, but just a bit more important than "nice to have"
> 
> Issue #1 looks like it's on its way to being mitigated, and in
> the meantime isn't critical. Issue #2 is "nice to have", and
> issue #3 is "important".
> 
> Doug - any thoughts on when we might a fix, at least for issue #3?
> I propose that we take issue #2 out of the mix. We've been doing
> this for Python files too, so it could be argued as not being
> a regression.
> 
> I propose I make a second pre-release tomorrow morning, or even
> tonight. That should give people some time to re-test. I'm away
> next week, but hopefully by the time I come back, we'll be ready
> to make that release.
> 
> Thoughts?

Hi,
is possible to check these 2 patches into 7.8 branch?

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=aebf9d247e4026189a0f612ee03c19cdf4bf86ac
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=572f65559b461133292118cee522b7e437714a07

These patches solve several unexpected failures from
gdb.base/watchpoint-reuse-slot.exp in ppc64 servers and s390/s390x due to
inappropriate handling on targets that don't support hw break/watchpoints.

Thanks,
--
Edjunior