Re: gcc 3.1 and gdb 5.2?

["Dylan Cuthbert" <dylan at q-games dot com>]

Yes, we get the exact same behaviour using Cygwin.  I've been posting about
this for a while but had no response yet from anyone... I don't know if it
is gcc's dwarf2 support or gdb's dwarf2 support.

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Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Warmke" <doug@ikos.com>
To: <gcc@gnu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: gcc 3.1 and gdb 5.2?


>
> GCC Team,
>
> We recently installed gcc 3.1 and have successfully built our tree.
> When we try to debug using gdb 5.2, we get a core dump whenever
> trying to set a breakpoint.   This is occuring on both Solaris 7
> and Solaris 8.  Our code is C++ (not C).  A sample transcript
> is shown below.
>
> Are there any known issues using this combination of GNU tools?
> Do we have to enable any special configuration or compiler options?
> The only thing I found on gcc.gnu.org was that gdb 5.1.1 or higher
> is required for debugging gcc 3.1 compiled code.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Doug Warmke
> (408) 284-8554
>
> > > > Sorry, but it is still seg-faulting when I try to set a breakpoint.
> > > >
> > > > jlo% /hq/scmtools/Test/SunOS5.8/bin/gdb shifter.mctsim
> > > > GNU gdb 5.2
> > > > Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > > > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and
you
> > > > are
> > > > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
> > > > conditions.
> > > > Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> > > > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
> > > > details.
> > > > This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.8"...
> > > > (gdb) b main
> > > > Segmentation Fault
> > > > jlo%
>
>