GDB 10.1 breaks Linux lx-symbols

[Simon Marchi]

On 2021-01-27 7:20 a.m., Phillip Raffeck wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the value subscript bug present in 10.1 and fixed in commit
> 5b56203a7cadd545b33713e98e274e582242e090 breaks, among others, the
> lx-symbols command from the Linux kernels gdb scripts, as these rely on
> iterating the sections of the loaded modules, which in turn uses array
> subscripting.
> 
> As the bug fix has already made it into branch gdb-10-branch, are there
> any plans to release a version 10.2 with bug fixes any time soon?
> 
> Note: I know, you're not responsible for the gdb scripts of the Linux
> kernel, I just wanted give a real-world example of consequences stemming
> from that bug.
> 
> Best regards
> Phillip Raffeck
> 

Hi!

It all depends on our release manager, Joel, but yes in theory GDB 10.2 is
coming eventually, I just can't tell when.

I have some more series I would like to propose for GDB 10, but they are
pending review.

[PATCH 00/13] DWARF 5 rnglists & loclists fixes (PR 26813)
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-January/175221.html

[PATCH 0/4] Fix CU expansion queue-related problems
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-November/173372.html

Simon