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[PATCH] Mention some problems with using GDB on FreeBSD
- From: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at chello dot nl>
- To: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 02:35:30 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: [PATCH] Mention some problems with using GDB on FreeBSD
This patch makes PROBLEMS mention two problems with using GDB on
FreeBSD. I've tried to find a workaround for these problems, but up
until now I've not been successfull. I submitted patches to solve the
problems to the FreeBSD people but they have not been integrated yet.
Committed.
Mark
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from Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
* PROBLEMS: Refer to GDB 5.3 instead of 5.2. Mention FreeBSD
problems.
Index: PROBLEMS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/PROBLEMS,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -p -r1.6 PROBLEMS
--- PROBLEMS 24 May 2002 02:56:56 -0000 1.6
+++ PROBLEMS 23 Aug 2002 22:59:07 -0000
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
- Known problems in GDB 5.2
+ Known problems in GDB 5.3
See also: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/
+
+
+*-*-freebsd*
+---------------
+
+Due to a kernel bug (kern/35175), detaching from an attached process
+will very likely cause the process to be stop or die with a Trace/BPT
+trap.
+
+
+i386-*-freebsd[34]*
+-------------------
+
+There is a bug (bin/41671) in FreeBSD's gcc that causes it to emit bad
+debug information when using the stabs format (which is the default).
+In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather limited, but
+starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more prominent.
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