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Re: GDB 5.0 2000-03-05


On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 09:08:48AM -0800, Jim Kingdon wrote:
> > Linux people are looking for something better than gdb 4.17.0.1x to
> > debug Linuxthreads. It will be very disappointing if 5.0 fails to do
> > so.
> 
> True, it would be disappointing.  Anyway, here is my attempt to
> summarize what is up with Linux (based of course on
> http://sourceware.cygnus.com/gdb/issues50.html ).  In case it isn't
> obvious, it is up to Linux folks (HJ/JimB/MarkK/me/whoever to) get
> fixes checked in, we don't want to keep "5.0 release central" (Andrew)
> waiting.

I may be able to spend sometime on it next week.

> 
> * Spurious SIGTRAP bug.  No one has diagnosed this bug as far as I
>   know, although JimB was working on it.  This one is probably the most
>   serious.

Do you have URL for the bug report.

> 
> * lin-thread cannot handle thread exit.  Should we think about
>   disabling lin-thread in favor of linux-thread for 5.0?  Or to put it
>   another way, has lin-thread gotten enough testing?  There might

I don't think so.

>   be other variations on this theme, such as a note in the
>   documentation about how deleting/renaming libthread_db might be a
>   workaround, although I'm not sure that really helps much.

I think it is a good ide for 5.0.

> 
> * dlclose().  Any reactions MarkK?  Or JimB?  Note that issues50.html
>   points to a withdrawn patch; the most recent is:
>   http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00454.html
> 
> * 2.0.x kernel patch.  MarkK?  issues50.html points to the latest
>   patch on this as far as I know:
>   http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/1999-q4/msg00294.html
> 
> * hardware watchpoints.  Does not strike me as important for 5.0 as
>   the above, but if someone has time, should be worth a review.  It is
>   nice to see some patches out there.

I have some old patches for it. I will work on it when I find time
next week.


H.J.

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