From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <990801202455.ZM22552@redrock.lan> Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 05:20:54 -0600 (MDT) From: Gary Thomas To: Kevin Buettner Subject: Re: gdb broken under linuxppc r5 tools Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, Franz Sirl , "Kevin B. Hendricks" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On 01-Aug-99 Kevin Buettner wrote: > > 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 B., Firstly, congratulations and welcome to the fold :-) Secondly, while you're in there, can you look at my patches for GDB-4.18. I've made a useable GDB for this version, with no input from any of the 4.17 patches BTW. They might be easier to make into a "clean" set for the latest version. You can find my patches in the RPM I uploaded to ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/users/gdt/redhat/SRPMS When you get something ready, let me know and I'll help check it out. Thanks. [[ 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. ]]