- Known problems in GDB 6.0
+ Known problems in GDB 6.2
See also: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/
+*** Build problems
+
+build/1411: build fails on hpux 10.20 and hpux 11.00 with CMA threads
+
+GDB does not build on HP/UX 10.20 or HP/UX 11.00 if the CMA
+thread package is installed. The compile error is:
+
+ ../../gdb/hpux-thread.c:222: variable-size type declared outside of any function
+
+This happens only if the CMA thread package is installed.
+
+As a workaround, you can disable support for CMA threads
+by editing the file gdb/configure. Find the line:
+
+ if test -f /usr/include/dce/cma_config.h ; then
+
+And replace it with:
+
+ if false ; then
+
+build/1458: compile failed on hpux11
+
+GDB has build problems on HP/UX 11 with some versions of the HP
+Ansi C compiler. (GCC works fine).
+
+The problem happens when compiling intl/bindtextdom.c.
+The error is:
+
+ cc: "gettextP.h", line 50: error 1000: Unexpected symbol: "SWAP".
+ cc: panic 2017: Cannot recover from earlier errors, terminating.
+ *** Error exit code 1
+
+This is a problem with the 'inline' keyword in gettextP.h.
+The workaround is to disable 'inline' before building gdb:
+
+ export ac_cv_c_inline=no
+
+This problem happens only with some versions of the HP Ansi C compiler.
+Versions A.11.01.25171.GP and B.11.11.28706.GP have both been observed
+to work; version B.11.11.04 gets the build error and needs the
+workaround.
+
+This problem might also happen with other C compilers.
+
+*** Misc
+
+gdb/1560: Control-C does not always interrupt GDB.
+
+When GDB is busy processing a command which takes a long time to
+complete, hitting Control-C does not have the expected effect.
+The command execution is not aborted, and the "QUIT" message confirming
+the abortion is displayed only after the command has been completed.
+
+*** C++ support
+
+gdb/931: GDB could be more generous when reading types C++ templates on input
+
+When the user types a template, GDB frequently requires the type to be
+typed in a certain way (e.g. "const char*" as opposed to "const char *"
+or "char const *" or "char const*").
+
+gdb/1512: no canonical way to output names of C++ types
+
+We currently don't have any canonical way to output names of C++ types.
+E.g. "const char *" versus "char const *"; more subtleties arise when
+dealing with templates.
+
+gdb/1516: [regression] local classes, gcc 2.95.3, dwarf-2
+
+With gcc 2.95.3 and the dwarf-2 debugging format, classes which are
+defined locally to a function include the demangled name of the function
+as part of their name. For example, if a function "foobar" contains a
+local class definition "Local", gdb will say that the name of the class
+type is "foobar__Fi.0:Local".
+
+This applies only to classes where the class type is defined inside a
+function, not to variables defined with types that are defined somewhere
+outside any function (which most types are).
+
+gdb/1588: names of c++ nested types in casts must be enclosed in quotes
+
+You must type
+ (gdb) print ('Foo::Bar') x
+or
+ (gdb) print ('Foo::Bar' *) y
+instead of
+ (gdb) print (Foo::Bar) x
+or
+ (gdb) print (Foo::Bar *) y
+respectively.
+
+gdb/1091: Constructor breakpoints ignored
+gdb/1193: g++ 3.3 creates multiple constructors: gdb 5.3 can't set breakpoints
+
+When gcc 3.x compiles a C++ constructor or C++ destructor, it generates
+2 or 3 different versions of the object code. These versions have
+unique mangled names (they have to, in order for linking to work), but
+they have identical source code names, which leads to a great deal of
+confusion. Specifically, if you set a breakpoint in a constructor or a
+destructor, gdb will put a breakpoint in one of the versions, but your
+program may execute the other version. This makes it impossible to set
+breakpoints reliably in constructors or destructors.
+
+gcc 3.x generates these multiple object code functions in order to
+implement virtual base classes. gcc 2.x generated just one object code
+function with a hidden parameter, but gcc 3.x conforms to a multi-vendor
+ABI for C++ which requires multiple object code functions.
+
+*** Signal handlers
+
+On many systems an attempt to single-step a system-call instruction
+results in two or more instructions being executed (the system-call,
+and one or more instructions following).
+
+When attempting to single-step through a signal trampoline, this
+problem may result the program unintentionally running to completion,
+or re-execute the faulting instruction, or even corrupting the program
+counter.
+
+Ref: PR breakpoints/1702.
+
+*** Stack backtraces
+
+GDB's core code base has been updated to use a new backtrace
+mechanism. This mechanism makes it possible to support new features
+such DWARF 2 Call Frame Information (which in turn makes possible
+backtraces through optimized code).
+
+Since this code is new, it is known to still have a few problems:
+
+gdb/1505: [regression] gdb prints a bad backtrace for a thread
+
+When backtracing a thread, gdb does not stop when it reaches the
+outermost frame, instead continuing until it hits garbage. This is
+sensitive to the operating system and thread library.
+
+*** Threads
+
+threads/1650: manythreads.exp
+
+On GNU/Linux systems that use the old LinuxThreads thread library, a
+program rapidly creating and deleting threads can confuse GDB leading
+to an internal error.
+
+This problem does not occur on newer systems that use the NPTL
+library, and did not occur with GDB 6.1.
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