* TODO: Revise 5.1 list. Delete PARAMS task. Add coding standard
review. Clarify GNU/LINUX/sparc. Move other tasks to 5.2 or general.
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2001-03-08 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
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* TODO: Revise 5.1 list. Delete PARAMS task. Add coding standard
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review. Clarify GNU/LINUX/sparc. Move other tasks to 5.2 or
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general.
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2001-03-07 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
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* TODO (GDB 5.1 Known Problems): Document problem of building GDB
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Below is a list of problems identified during the GDB 5.0 release
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cycle. People hope to have these problems fixed in 5.1.
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--
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-- 2001-03-08
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RFD: infrun.c: No bpstat_stop_status call after proceed over break?
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00665.html
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Update GDB's coding standard documentation. Known topics:
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GDB misses watchpoint triggers after proceeding over a breakpoint on
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x86 targets.
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o alloca/malloc et.al.
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o typedef and structs
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x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM (???)
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00803.html
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o ISO-C
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This problem has been fixed, but a regression test still needs to be
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added to the testsuite:
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00309.html
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and most likely also:
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Mark
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--
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Can't build IRIX -> arm GDB.
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00356.html
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David Whedon writes:
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> Now I'm building for an embedded arm target. If there is a way of turning
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> remote-rdi off, I couldn't find it. It looks like it gets built by default
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> in gdb/configure.tgt(line 58) Anyway, the build dies in
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> gdb/rdi-share/unixcomm.c. SERPORT1 et. al. never get defined because we
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> aren't one of the architectures supported.
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--
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Problem with weak functions
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-05/msg00060.html
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Dan Nicolaescu writes:
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> It seems that gdb-4.95.1 does not display correctly the function when
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> stoping in weak functions.
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>
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> It stops in a function that is defined as weak, not in the function
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> that is actually run...
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--
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GDB 5.0 doesn't work on Linux/SPARC
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--
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Thread support. Right now, as soon as a thread finishes and exits,
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you're hosed. This problem is reported once a week or so.
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o include conventions
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--
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@ -82,6 +44,42 @@ it keeps coming up :-(. Any volunteers?
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Mark
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x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM (???)
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00803.html
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This problem has been fixed, but a regression test still needs to be
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added to the testsuite:
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00309.html
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Mark
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[The test has been submitted for approval - cagney]
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--
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RFD: infrun.c: No bpstat_stop_status call after proceed over break?
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00665.html
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GDB misses watchpoint triggers after proceeding over a breakpoint on
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x86 targets.
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GDB 5.0 doesn't work on Linux/SPARC
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There are two parts to this.
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o GDB 5.0 doesn't work on GNU/Linux/SPARC32
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o GDB 5.0 doesn't work on the new target
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GNU/Linux/SPARC64
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GDB does build on both these targets.
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The first problem is the one that should be fixed.
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GDB 5.1 - New features
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Enable MI by default. Old code can be deleted after 5.1 is out.
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Issues:
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o syntax change where a list would
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look like:
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[ foo=a, foo=b, foo=c ]
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instead of
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{ foo=a, foo=b, foo=c }
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o kill off the idea of a reverse
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query.
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o review test cases
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o enable it
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Pascal (Pierre Muller, David Taylor)
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@ -106,6 +119,8 @@ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00521.html
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Indent -gnu ?
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00496.html
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[I think this has been merged, need to confirm - cagney]
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--
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Java (Anthony Green, David Taylor)
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Patch: handle N_MAIN stab
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00527.html
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--
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-- 2001-03-08
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[Comming...]
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Add CRIS target.
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Modify gdb to work correctly with Pascal.
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--
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Revised UDP support (was: Re: [Fwd: [patch] UDP transport support])
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00000.html
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(Broken) support for GDB's remote protocol across UDP is to be
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included in the follow-on release.
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It should be noted that UDP can only work when the [Gg] packet fits in
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a single UDP packet.
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There is also much debate over the merit of this.
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A predicate to this is the multi-arching of SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP(). A
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patch has been submitted.
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--
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@ -149,6 +152,11 @@ There is also much debate over the merit of this.
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The following code cleanups will hopefully be applied to GDB 5.1.
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-- 2001-03-08
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Resolve the status of all broken targets as identified by the MAINTAINERS
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file.
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--
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Change documentation to GFDL license.
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@ -164,12 +172,6 @@ http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/''
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--
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Delete macro TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE.
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Patches in the database.
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--
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Fix copyright notices.
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Turns out that ``1998-2000'' isn't considered valid :-(
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--
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Purge PARAMS.
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Eliminate all uses of PARAMS in GDB's source code.
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--
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printcmd.c (print_address_numeric):
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NOTE: This assumes that the significant address information is kept in
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the least significant bits of ADDR - the upper bits were either zero
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or sign extended. Should ADDRESS_TO_POINTER() or some
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ADDRESS_TO_PRINTABLE() be used to do the conversion?
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--
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Compiler warnings.
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Eliminate all warnings for at least one host/target for the flags:
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-Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wparentheses
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-Wpointer-arith -Wuninitialized
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--
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Follow through `make check' with --enable-shared.
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When the srcware tree is configured with --enable-shared, the `expect'
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program won't run properly. Jim Wilson found out gdb has a local hack
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to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but, AFAIK, no other project has been hacked
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similarly.
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00845.html
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--
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GDB 5.1 Known Problems
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======================
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GDB 5.1 - Known Problems
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========================
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--
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@ -245,7 +213,8 @@ will still occure. sid/component/configure.in mis-configures
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--
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Fix at least one thread bug.
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Thread support. Right now, as soon as a thread finishes and exits,
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you're hosed. This problem is reported once a week or so.
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--
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--
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Eliminate one more compiler warnings.
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Compiler warnings.
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Eliminate all warnings for at least one host/target for the flags:
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-Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wparentheses
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-Wpointer-arith -Wuninitialized
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--
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The current convention is (kind of) to use $(<header>_h) in all
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dependency lists. It isn't done in a consistent way.
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--
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GDB 5.2 - Known Problems
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========================
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--
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Code Cleanups: General
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@ -301,6 +279,69 @@ to any specific release.
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--
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Revised UDP support (was: Re: [Fwd: [patch] UDP transport support])
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00000.html
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(Broken) support for GDB's remote protocol across UDP is to be
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included in the follow-on release.
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It should be noted that UDP can only work when the [Gg] packet fits in
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a single UDP packet.
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There is also much debate over the merit of this.
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--
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Can't build IRIX -> arm GDB.
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00356.html
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David Whedon writes:
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> Now I'm building for an embedded arm target. If there is a way of turning
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> remote-rdi off, I couldn't find it. It looks like it gets built by default
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> in gdb/configure.tgt(line 58) Anyway, the build dies in
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> gdb/rdi-share/unixcomm.c. SERPORT1 et. al. never get defined because we
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> aren't one of the architectures supported.
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--
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Problem with weak functions
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-05/msg00060.html
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Dan Nicolaescu writes:
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> It seems that gdb-4.95.1 does not display correctly the function when
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> stoping in weak functions.
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>
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> It stops in a function that is defined as weak, not in the function
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> that is actually run...
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--
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Follow through `make check' with --enable-shared.
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When the srcware tree is configured with --enable-shared, the `expect'
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program won't run properly. Jim Wilson found out gdb has a local hack
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to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but, AFAIK, no other project has been hacked
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similarly.
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00845.html
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--
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Delete macro TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE.
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Patches in the database.
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--
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printcmd.c (print_address_numeric):
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NOTE: This assumes that the significant address information is kept in
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the least significant bits of ADDR - the upper bits were either zero
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or sign extended. Should ADDRESS_TO_POINTER() or some
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ADDRESS_TO_PRINTABLE() be used to do the conversion?
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--
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The BFD directory requires bug-fixed AUTOMAKE et.al.
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AUTOMAKE 1.4 incorrectly set the TEXINPUTS environment variable. It
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