Re: gdb/procfs.c linkage failure on alpha-dec-osf4.0f

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>]

Rodney, just to let you know, I'm not deliberately ignoring you.
I'm rather swamped at the moment, I hope to be able to give this
my attention as soon as possible.

rbrown64@csc.com.au wrote:
> 
> gdb fails to link on alpha-dec-osf4.0f as follows :-
> /usr/bin/ld:
> Unresolved:
> elfcore_write_prstatus
> elfcore_write_prfpreg
> elfcore_write_prpsinfo
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[1]: *** [gdb] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/user/rand/rdb/src/gdb+dejagnu-20020112.obj/gdb'
> 
> The target is a ?COFF platform so gdb/procfs.c calling elfcore_write
> routines is
> inappropriate (& the structures don't exist).
> I don't think the current configury gives enough information to distinguish
> the cases
> - the choices are being made based on NEW_PROC_API , HAVE_PSTATUS_T
> and HAVE_PROCFS_PIOCSET.
> To distinguish Solaris 2.5.1 from OSF1 V4.0f
> (Both are !NEW_PROC_API && HAVE_PROCFS_PIOCSET)
> you probably need to check for HAVE_PRSTATUS_T in sys/procfs.h like bdf
> does.
> 
>                               HAVE_PROCFS_PIOCSET   NEW_PROC_API
> HAVE_PSTATUS_T
> Solaris 2.5.1         TRUE                                          FALSE
> FALSE
> OSF1 V4.0            TRUE                                         FALSE
> FALSE
> Solaris 2.7              TRUE                                         TRUE
> FALSE
> UnixWare 7.1.0       FALSE                                      TRUE
> TRUE
> 
> Solaris has HAVE_PRSTATUS_T in 2.5.1 and 2.7.