GDB 5.1 TODO list

Andrew Cagney ac131313@cygnus.com
Wed Aug 2 22:39:00 GMT 2000


Denis Perchine wrote:
> 
> > So here is a first cut at the things that are really on the 5.1 TODO
> > list.  In previous discussions it has been suggested that for each
> > release a small number of changes be identifed and completed (of course
> > everyone is activly encouraged to also work on any other TODO or
> > non-TODO items :-)
> 
> Is threads on Linux worked properly?
> In 5.0 there was real mess with them. It was impossible to debug MT programs.

MarkK has already noted a serious thread problem and fixing that has
gone on the list.

> * Thread support.  Right now, as soon as a thread finishes and exits,
>   you're hosed.  This problem is reported once a week or so.

One thing that is desparatly needed is a few good test cases.  It is
hard to tell if thread support is getting better or worse :-(

	Andrew


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