[parisc-linux] new gdb deb for testing, patch for review

[parisc-linux] new gdb deb for testing, patch for review

[Randolph Chung]

Hi all,

Happy New Year!

I've placed a new gdb deb on ftp.parisc-linux.org, in the
unofficial-debs directory. This is built with an updated patch against
the latest gdb version in Debian.

I don't know gdb nearly as much as I'd like though, so I'd appreciate it
if someone more knowledge in this area can give the patch a once-over and 
make sure there are no glaring issues. The patch is based largely on what's 
in gdb cvs on cvs.p-l.org, with some minor updates to bring it inline with
the 5.1 version in Debian.

The deb seems to work for me, but please give it a try and let me know
if you find any issues....

ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/unofficial-debs/gdb_5.1-1.1_hppa.deb
ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/patches/gdb-5.1.diff

The patch is also filed against the gdb package in the Debian BTS.

randolph
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Re: [parisc-linux] new gdb deb for testing, patch for review

[Randolph Chung]

> The deb seems to work for me, but please give it a try and let me know
> if you find any issues....

argument passing seems to be broken

357       t_double_values(double_val1, double_val2);
(gdb) print double_val1
$1 = 45.654000000000003
(gdb) step
t_double_values (double_arg1=-1.0015640258789065, 
    double_arg2=8.5011959057330557)
    at ../../../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/callfuncs.c:275

hmm...

randolph
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Re: [parisc-linux] new gdb deb for testing, patch for review

[John David Anglin]

> > The deb seems to work for me, but please give it a try and let me know
> > if you find any issues....
> 
> argument passing seems to be broken
> 
> 357       t_double_values(double_val1, double_val2);
> (gdb) print double_val1
> $1 = 45.654000000000003
> (gdb) step
> t_double_values (double_arg1=-1.0015640258789065, 
>     double_arg2=8.5011959057330557)
>     at ../../../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/callfuncs.c:275

This annoying problem has been around for a long time.  Argument
printouts may not be valid at a function breakpoint due to code
motion.

Dave
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Re: [parisc-linux] new gdb deb for testing, patch for review

[Randolph Chung]

> This annoying problem has been around for a long time.  Argument
> printouts may not be valid at a function breakpoint due to code
> motion.

hmm.. ok. there are a lot of failures in the gdb test cases though.
perhaps someone can investigate these?

randolph
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