debug/6291: Debugging broken on 3.1. GDB says : "Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader."

[Sylvain dot Pion at sophia dot inria dot fr]

>Number:         6291
>Category:       debug
>Synopsis:       Debugging broken on 3.1.  GDB says : "Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader."
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 13 16:56:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Sylvain Pion
>Release:        3.1 20020411 (prerelease) and 3.2 20020411 (experimental)
>Organization:
>Environment:
RedHat Linux 6.1 (manually upgraded).
GDB 5.1
>Description:
Debugging information seems totally broken.
When I compile a trivial C or C++ program, GDB tells me :

Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader.

I can't even put a breakpoint on "main".

This shows up with current GCC 3.1 and 3.2 (gcc and g++).
2.95.3 and 3.0.4 both work fine.
This seems critical for the 3.1 release !
>How-To-Repeat:
Compile with "-g", with gcc or g++ the following program:
int main() { return 0; }

Then run "gdb a.out", and then type "b main" in gdb.
>Fix:
I don't know of any fix.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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