Re: gdb and glibc-2.2.2?

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> What's the best version of gdb / gdbserver to use with
> glibc-2.2.2?  I'm hoping the latest gdb is ok.
>
> I'm finally adding gdb support to my toolchain build script.
> Being greedy, I'm trying the latest gdb, even when building
> with old versions of glibc.  In particular, I'm trying
> to build gdb-6.3 and its gdbserver against glibc-2.2.2.
> Building gdbserver fails with
>
> thread-db.o(.text+0x43e): In function `thread_db_init':
> gcc-3.4.4-glibc-2.2.2/gdb-6.3/gdb/gdbserver/thread-db.c:323: undefined 
> reference to `td_symbol_list'
> thread-db.o(.text+0x443):gcc-3.4.4-glibc-2.2.2/gdb-6.3/gdb/gdbserver/thread-db.c:326: 
> undefined reference to `td_symbol_list'
>
> because td_symbol_list was added only as of glibc-2.2.3.
> Now, td_symbol_list is a pretty simple function, and
> is probably easy to backport.  I'll probably give that a shot,
> and build gdbserver static (since my glibc with the
> td_symbol_list backport won't get installed on the target).
> Sound reasonable?

Or, maybe I'll take the lame way out, and just
not build gdbserver for glibc < 2.2.3.
Native gdb is what developers usually prefer
anyway, given enough ram...

but the question about which gdb is recommended
for glibc-2.2.2 systems still stands.
- Dan

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