From f87ece4d0b7c910e70acf061b47ed0d439badf10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Cagney Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 04:43:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doco more build probs. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gdb/README | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 422adec7f4..b210e76908 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-11-17 Andrew Cagney + + * README: Mention need for alloca(). Mention problems with + alpha-dec-osf4.0e. Clarify that comments refer to GDB 5.1. + 2001-11-17 Kevin Buettner * i386-linux-nat.c (fill_gregset): Use regcache_collect() instead diff --git a/gdb/README b/gdb/README index 62b4b35af2..3568dfcca9 100644 --- a/gdb/README +++ b/gdb/README @@ -432,35 +432,49 @@ Host/target specific installation notes hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20 -Due to a problem with libiberty/regex.c, GDB does not build on HP/UX -10.20 when using the HP supplied compiler. +Due to a problem (conflicting types) with libiberty/regex.c, GDB 5.1 +does not build on HP/UX 10.20 when using the HP supplied compiler. -Due to bit rot problems, GDB does not work on HP/UX 10.20 when built -with GCC. +Due to bit rot, GDB 5.1 does not work on HP/UX 10.20 when built with +GCC. hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00 -Due to a problem with ltconfig and long argument lines, GDB does not -configure on HP/UX 11.00. +Due to a problem with ltconfig and long argument lines, GDB 5.1 does +not configure on HP/UX 11.00. alpha-dec-osf5.1 -GDB has a number of problems on this platform (Ref PR gdb/237). A GDB -built with ``CC="cc -DUSE_LDR_ROUTINES"'' is reported to be more -reliable. +GDB 5.1 has a number of problems on this platform (Ref PR gdb/237). A +GDB 5.1 built with ``CC="cc -DUSE_LDR_ROUTINES"'' is reported to work +much better. + + +alpha-dec-osf4.0e + +GDB 5.1 is known to have problems on this platform (encounters an +internal error in the symbol table reader). sparcv9-sun-solaris2.8 -There are known problems with GCC 3.0.x for the 64 bit sparc target -(bad code gen). You could try a development version of GCC. +There are known problems with building GDB 5.1 using GCC 3.0.x for the +64 bit SPARC target (bad code gen). You could try a development +version of GCC. i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1 -There are known problems with GDB's thread support on this platform. +There are known problems with GDB 5.1's thread support on this +platform. Non-threaded programs should work. + + +*-*-* + +GDB 5.1 assumes that the host C compiler implemends alloca(). GCC is +one such compiler. This problem should be fixed on the trunk. Remote debugging