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Re: GDB 5.1 TODO list
- To: ac131313 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: GDB 5.1 TODO list
- From: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at wins dot uva dot nl>
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 06:42:58 +0200
- CC: gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <39877E58.2828D2B5@cygnus.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:50:16 +1000
From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
Ok,
So here is a first cut at the things that are really on the 5.1 TODO
list. In previous discussions it has been suggested that for each
release a small number of changes be identifed and completed (of course
everyone is activly encouraged to also work on any other TODO or
non-TODO items :-)
There are two things that I consider release-critical for Linux/x86:
* Thread support. Right now, as soon as a thread finishes and exits,
you're hosed. This problem is reported once a week or so.
* Bug with rerunning programs with breakpoints in shared libs. Citing
what I reported in response to your query for GDB 5.0.1:
IMHO, releasing 5.0.1 is only worth the trouble if it fixes the really
annoying problem with rerunning programs with breakpoints in shared libs:
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00230.html
This patch is kind of a stopgap, but I've failed to come up with
something better, and no-one else seems to be interested in solving
this :-(.
This problem probably affects all platforms with support for shared
libraries.
Shall I add these to the TODO list?
Mark