build/955: build failure with GDB-5.3: sparc-nat.c structure redefinition errors with sparc64-linux, glibc-2.2.x

[Michael Snyder]

The following reply was made to PR build/955; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
To: Christian Joensson <christian@j-son.org>
Cc: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>, "Tom 'spot' Callaway" <tcallawa@redhat.com>,
   gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: build/955: build failure with GDB-5.3: sparc-nat.c structure
 redefinition errors with sparc64-linux, glibc-2.2.x
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:46:56 -0700

 Christian Joensson wrote:
 
 > 
 > uhm, a 64-bit gdb is not that easy to accomplish, I guess, but
 > there'll be one in a future Aurora SPARC Linux, a development
 > gdb64-5.2-ish src rpm is available:
 > ftp://auroralinux.org/pub/aurora/scratch
 
 A 64-bit gdb is definitely accomplish-able on Solaris.
 As you point out, it's a requirement if one is to debug
 64-bit apps.