Re: [patch/rfa] Allow breakpoing to be added after inferior has started

[Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>]

> The shlib-call.exp test fails on hppa (also ia64) because it tries to 
> add a breakpoint before the inferior is started, so there's no where 
> to put the breakpoint. gdb can handle this case if we allow pending 
> breakpoints in the test.
>
> this only works on x86 and some other architectures because they put
> instructions into the plt; but some architectures put addresses in the
> plt.
>
> ok to commit?

This is sounding a lot like PIE (position independant executable): where 
it isn't possible to determine a breakpoint's true (re-located) location 
until after the inferior has started.

Can you describe the problem in more detail?

Andrew


> 2004-05-21  Randolph Chung  <tausq@debian.org>
>
> 	* gdb.base/shlib-call.exp: Allow breakpoint to be added after inferior
> 	has started.