2003-04-13 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>

[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / PROBLEMS

diff --git a/gdb/PROBLEMS b/gdb/PROBLEMS
index 09c62e1712f293b1f3c81d0b3159e152308c0d39..8511263782830154db97c2e845f40b76e5760f25 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/PROBLEMS
+++ b/gdb/PROBLEMS
@@ -1,9 +1,29 @@
 
-                       Known problems in GDB 5.2
+                       Known problems in GDB 5.3
 
                See also: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/
 
 
+*-*-freebsd*
+---------------
+
+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.
+
+
+i386-*-freebsd[34]*
+-------------------
+
+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).
+As a result GDB tends to place breakpoints on functions before the
+function prologue, and information about function parameters and local
+variables is lost.  In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather
+limited, but starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more
+prominent.  As a workaround, compile your code with -gdwarf-2.
+
+
 hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20
 --------------------
 
@@ -18,3 +38,43 @@ 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.
+
+alpha*-*-osf*
+-------------
+
+gdb/816: When building GDB with GCC 3.0.1, GDB is unable to load a core
+file properly. It generates several errors and warnings regarding
+unhandled core file section types, incorrect endianness, the failure to
+load the registers. Are also incorrectly reported: The program name, the
+cause of the program death, and the call stack at the moment of the
+death. This problem has been reported on alpha-osf4.0f and alpha-osf5.1a.
+To work-around the problem, add -D__digital__ to the CFLAGS when
+building GDB vis:
+
+    $ make CFLAGS='-O2 -D__digital__'
+
+
+i[3456]86-*-linux*
+------------------
+
+gdb/660: gdb does not build with GNU/Linux libc5.  The symptom is a
+parse error before `uintptr_t' or an error message about `uintptr_t'.
+Upgrade to glibc 2.1.3 or later, which defines uintptr_t.
+
+gdb/1030: GNU binutils 2.12.1 and earlier versions do not work properly
+with gdb.  If you use GNU binutils, upgrade to version 2.13 or later.
+You can check the version of binutils with the command:
+
+    $ ld --version