* README: Add Alpha notes from Schauer.

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Wed Oct 6 12:43:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* README: Add Alpha notes from Schauer.
Tue Oct 5 15:26:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* Makefile.in (install, uninstall): Remove $$n.1 stuff; I don't

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* Under Ultrix 4.2 (DECstation-3100) or Alphas under OSF/1, we have
seen problems with backtraces after interrupting the inferior out
of a read(). The problem is caused by ptrace() returning an
incorrect value for the frame pointer register (15 or 30). As far
as we can tell, this is a kernel problem. Any help with this
would be greatly appreciated.
incorrect value for the frame pointer register (register 15 or
30). As far as we can tell, this is a kernel problem. Any help
with this would be greatly appreciated.
* On the SPARC GDB reports incorrect values of struct arguments to
functions, for the seventh and subsequent arguments. We have been looking
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dbx has the same problems with those executables. A workaround is to
specify -Wl,-b when linking, but that will increase the executable size
considerably.
If a structure is declared as opaque in one file (e.g. "struct foo *"
If a structure has incomplete type in one file (e.g. "struct foo *"
without a definition for "struct foo"), gdb will be unable to find the
structure definition in another file.
It has been reported that the Ultrix 4.3A compiler on destations has the
structure definition from another file.
It has been reported that the Ultrix 4.3A compiler on decstations has the
same problems.
If you intend to compile gdb with gcc-2.4.5, be warned that the file