- Known problems in GDB 5.3
+ Known problems in GDB 6.0
See also: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/
+gdb/1091: Constructor breakpoints ignored
+gdb/1193: g++ 3.3 creates multiple constructors: gdb 5.3 can't set breakpoints
-*-*-freebsd*
----------------
+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.
-Due to a kernel bug (kern/35175), detaching from an attached process
-will very likely cause the process to be stop or die with a Trace/BPT
-trap.
+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.
+gdb/1322: "internal-error: sect_index_text not initialized" after printing a java type
-i386-*-freebsd[34]*
--------------------
+When gdb debugs a Java program which uses shared libraries, it can
+generate this internal error.
-There is a bug (bin/41671) in FreeBSD's gcc that causes it to emit bad
-debug information when using the stabs format (which is the default).
-In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather limited, but
-starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more prominent.
+If you get this error when debugging Java, you can try working around
+the problem by relinking your program with no shared libraries at all
+(even the standard C library). With the GNU linker, use the "-static"
+argument to do this.
+You can also try this patch for gdb:
-hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20
---------------------
-
-gdb/487: The top level make files used to build GDB are not compatible
-with HP/UX make. As a workaround, use GNU make.
-
-gdb/486: The HP/UX C compiler defaults to K&R mode but GDB only builds
-with an ISO C compiler. The top level configuration incorrectly sets
-CC to `cc' instead of `cc -Ae'. As a workaround, the correct compiler
-can be specified as part of the configuration vis:
-
- $ 'CC=cc -Ae' ./configure
-
-
-s390*-*-*
----------
-
-gdb/513: GDB does not build on s390 GNU/Linux. The problem should be
-fixed in more recent sources.
-
-
-i386-*-freebsd4.4*
-------------------
-
-gdb/455: GDB doesn't build on a FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE system. The
-problem is still being investigated.
+ http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-prs/2003-q3/msg00190.html
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