GC_descr_obj_sz miscompilation (was RE: GC_enable_incremental())

[Bryce McKinlay]

Ranjit Mathew wrote:

>Boehm, Hans wrote:
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>>1) The multithreaded GC doesn't run under gdb 6.1.  I suspect
>>some signals are being misdirected, or the like.  (I mention
>>this here only because it might frustrate others, too.)
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>You might have better luck with GDB 6.2/6.2.1. From
>the NEWS file for 6.2:
>--------------------------- 8< ---------------------------
>* Fix for ``many threads''
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I still have problems with heavily threaded Java programs freezing under 
gdb 6.2 (and current CVS). A workaround is to set 
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 to force the use of linuxthreads, rather than NPTL.

Regards

Bryce