* buildsym.c (read_struct_type): Avoid coredump when C++

abbreviated type name is messed up.  Reported by Joe Buck.
FIXME, we need to determine whether GDB or GCC needs to be
smarter to correctly locate this type name.   p*927 circumvention,
needs real fix when Tiemann's back.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index cebeb96a4373b740917204082eb8043cd6e302d6..b3481a9f839c878665a5bcf9880e3519b61295d8 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Thu Apr  2 00:55:56 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 
+       * buildsym.c (read_struct_type):  Avoid coredump when C++
+       abbreviated type name is messed up.  Reported by Joe Buck.
+       FIXME, we need to determine whether GDB or GCC needs to be
+       smarter to correctly locate this type name.
+
        * c-exp.y, coffread.c, command.c, command.h, copying.awk,
        dbxread.c, gdbtypes.c, infcmd.c, inferior.h, infrun.c,
        m2-exp.y, printcmd.c, remote.c, solib.c, source.c, stack.c,

diff --git a/gdb/buildsym.c b/gdb/buildsym.c
index 20ffa40155c025796bc488febc9add549fe33093..5f160bedcc3a79111c017c2a6c07eb63261460c1 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/buildsym.c
+++ b/gdb/buildsym.c
@@ -2210,7 +2210,7 @@ read_struct_type (pp, type, objfile)
              if (name == 0)
                {
                  complain (&invalid_cpp_type_complaint, (char *) symnum);
-                 TYPE_NAME (context) = name;
+                 name = "FOO";
                }
              list->field.name = obconcat (&objfile -> type_obstack,
                                           prefix, name, "");