From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Kevin Buettner" Message-Id: <990801202455.ZM22552@redrock.lan> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 20:24:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: Franz Sirl "Re: gdb broken under linuxppc r5 tools" (Aug 1, 9:03pm) References: <14244.17697.552036.29509@ipa.ne.mediaone.net> <99080121250000.02221@ns1102.munich.netsurf.de> To: "Kevin B. Hendricks" , Franz Sirl , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: gdb broken under linuxppc r5 tools MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Aug 1, 9:03pm, Franz Sirl wrote: > Am Son, 01 Aug 1999 schrieb Kevin B. Hendricks: > >Hey, > > > >Does anyone know what's up with gdb lately? It used to be quite stable but > >since I upgraded to the glibc, binutils, egcs, gdb from Linuxppc R5 cd, I > >can't seem to set any breakpoints in shared libraries (or they show up > >someplace else at random). Functions are missing (or don't show up) and if > >I try to disassemble one function in a shared library, I often get another. > > > >I really need a working stable gdb. > > > >Has anyone else run into this. If so, exactly what versions of gdb, glibc, > >binutils, egcs are stable together, especially when working with shared > >libraries? > > Well, you've hit one of our weakest points here. AFAIK there's currently nobody > taking care of gdb on Linux/PPC. In fact we are lucky that Kevin Buettner's old > patch could be converted to 4.17.x. Unfortunately it's still not integrated > into gdb's mainline due to copyright issues, so we have to reintegrate the patch > in every new version :-(. > > So, is someone willing to take care of gdb on Linux/PPC? Kevin, Franz, et.al, Earlier this year, Metrowerks and I signed the copyright assignments required by the FSF. Beginning August 9, I will be starting work at Cygnus as a GDB engineer. One of the things that I'll work on is a merge of my patches into the current gdb mainline. It'll be my goal to get a solid, usable gdb up and running on Linux/PPC again. Kevin -- Kevin Buettner kev@primenet.com [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]