gdb/291: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_data not initialized

[glebourgeois at amadeus dot net]

>Number:         291
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       gdb-internal-error: sect_index_data not initialized
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 24 08:38:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gilles Lebourgeois
>Release:        gdb 5.1 and gdb 5.1.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
Sun SunFire 6800 under Solaris 8
gdb configured only with a --prefix option
built with gcc 2.95.3
>Description:
GNU gdb 5.1.1
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This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.8"...
(gdb) b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x10a7c: file UnixRppDebug.c, line 296.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /farequote/Integration/Tools/UnixRppDebug 
partial-stab.h:430: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_data not initialized
An internal GDB error was detected.  This may make further
debugging unreliable.  Continue this debugging session? (y or n) n
Create a core file containing the current state of GDB? (y or n) n
>How-To-Repeat:
seems to appear when gdb load symbols of some shared objects libraries. The strange fact is that all the libs are built in the same manner ( same makefile... ).
The problem does not appear in gdb 5.0.
>Fix:
??? is it a known bug ?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: