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Re: GDB 5.2 or GDB 5.1.1?
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec at shout dot net>
- Cc: ac131313 at redhat dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:43:34 -0500
- Subject: Re: GDB 5.2 or GDB 5.1.1?
- References: <200201151405.IAA18094@duracef.shout.net>
> Andrew Cagney writes:
>
>> Just a postscript to this. Because the FSF would like to be able to
>> spin out a manual based on a current release but are currently fixing
>> things I'll very likely end up spinning out a 5.1.1 or 5.1.0.2 (ulgh)
>> anyway. The latter is far far easier.
>
>
> Another constraint: 5.1.0.2 would be unable to debug -gdwarf-2 code
> with gcc-HEAD, which is going to become gcc 3.1 eventually.
>
> (I'm bummed because my overnight test run got stuck in the configuration
> of gdb 5.1, gcc HEAD, -gdwarf-2, so I had to kludge around that and
> start the test script again).
The sole purpose of 5.1.0.x (1) was to fix copyright problems in the
documentation. Turns out it it still contains problems (I didn't pull a
change into the branch and that wasn't noticed). 5.1.0.2 would be the same.
Yes it doesn't help the normal user that is more worried about a working
GDB.
enjoy,
Andrew