Below is a list of problems identified during the GDB 5.0 release
cycle. People hope to have these problems fixed in 5.1.
+-- 2001-03-08
+
+Update GDB's coding standard documentation. Known topics:
+
+ o alloca/malloc et.al.
+
+ o typedef and structs
+
+ o ISO-C
+
+and most likely also:
+
+ o include conventions
+
--
-RFD: infrun.c: No bpstat_stop_status call after proceed over break?
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00665.html
+Wow, three bug reports for the same problem in one day! We should
+probably make fixing this a real priority :-).
-GDB misses watchpoint triggers after proceeding over a breakpoint on
-x86 targets.
+Anyway, thanks for reporting.
+
+The following patch will fix the problems with setting breakpoints in
+dynamically loaded objects:
+
+ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00230.html
+
+This patch isn't checked in yet (ping Michael/JimB), but I hope this
+will be in the next GDB release.
+
+There should really be a test in the testsuite for this problem, since
+it keeps coming up :-(. Any volunteers?
+
+Mark
--
Mark
---
-
-Can't build IRIX -> arm GDB.
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00356.html
-
-David Whedon writes:
-> Now I'm building for an embedded arm target. If there is a way of turning
-> remote-rdi off, I couldn't find it. It looks like it gets built by default
-> in gdb/configure.tgt(line 58) Anyway, the build dies in
-> gdb/rdi-share/unixcomm.c. SERPORT1 et. al. never get defined because we
-> aren't one of the architectures supported.
+[The test has been submitted for approval - cagney]
--
-Problem with weak functions
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-05/msg00060.html
+RFD: infrun.c: No bpstat_stop_status call after proceed over break?
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00665.html
-Dan Nicolaescu writes:
-> It seems that gdb-4.95.1 does not display correctly the function when
-> stoping in weak functions.
->
-> It stops in a function that is defined as weak, not in the function
-> that is actually run...
+GDB misses watchpoint triggers after proceeding over a breakpoint on
+x86 targets.
--
GDB 5.0 doesn't work on Linux/SPARC
---
-
-Thread support. Right now, as soon as a thread finishes and exits,
-you're hosed. This problem is reported once a week or so.
-
---
-
-Wow, three bug reports for the same problem in one day! We should
-probably make fixing this a real priority :-).
-
-Anyway, thanks for reporting.
-
-The following patch will fix the problems with setting breakpoints in
-dynamically loaded objects:
+There are two parts to this.
- http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00230.html
+ o GDB 5.0 doesn't work on GNU/Linux/SPARC32
-This patch isn't checked in yet (ping Michael/JimB), but I hope this
-will be in the next GDB release.
+ o GDB 5.0 doesn't work on the new target
+ GNU/Linux/SPARC64
-There should really be a test in the testsuite for this problem, since
-it keeps coming up :-(. Any volunteers?
+GDB does build on both these targets.
-Mark
+The first problem is the one that should be fixed.
--
Enable MI by default. Old code can be deleted after 5.1 is out.
+Issues:
+
+ o syntax change where a list would
+ look like:
+ [ foo=a, foo=b, foo=c ]
+ instead of
+ { foo=a, foo=b, foo=c }
+
+ o kill off the idea of a reverse
+ query.
+
+ o review test cases
+
+ o enable it
+
--
Pascal (Pierre Muller, David Taylor)
Indent -gnu ?
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00496.html
+[I think this has been merged, need to confirm - cagney]
+
--
Java (Anthony Green, David Taylor)
Patch: handle N_MAIN stab
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00527.html
---
+-- 2001-03-08
-[Comming...]
+Add CRIS target.
-Modify gdb to work correctly with Pascal.
-
---
-
-Revised UDP support (was: Re: [Fwd: [patch] UDP transport support])
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00000.html
-
-(Broken) support for GDB's remote protocol across UDP is to be
-included in the follow-on release.
-
-It should be noted that UDP can only work when the [Gg] packet fits in
-a single UDP packet.
-
-There is also much debate over the merit of this.
+A predicate to this is the multi-arching of SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP(). A
+patch has been submitted.
--
The following code cleanups will hopefully be applied to GDB 5.1.
+-- 2001-03-08
+
+Resolve the status of all broken targets as identified by the MAINTAINERS
+file.
+
--
Change documentation to GFDL license.
--
-Delete macro TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE.
-
-Patches in the database.
-
---
-
Fix copyright notices.
Turns out that ``1998-2000'' isn't considered valid :-(
--
-Purge PARAMS.
-
-Eliminate all uses of PARAMS in GDB's source code.
-
---
-
-printcmd.c (print_address_numeric):
-
-NOTE: This assumes that the significant address information is kept in
-the least significant bits of ADDR - the upper bits were either zero
-or sign extended. Should ADDRESS_TO_POINTER() or some
-ADDRESS_TO_PRINTABLE() be used to do the conversion?
-
---
-
-Compiler warnings.
-
-Eliminate all warnings for at least one host/target for the flags:
--Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wparentheses
--Wpointer-arith -Wuninitialized
-
---
-
-Follow through `make check' with --enable-shared.
-
-When the srcware tree is configured with --enable-shared, the `expect'
-program won't run properly. Jim Wilson found out gdb has a local hack
-to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but, AFAIK, no other project has been hacked
-similarly.
-
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00845.html
-
---
-
- GDB 5.1 Known Problems
- ======================
+ GDB 5.1 - Known Problems
+ ========================
--
--
-Fix at least one thread bug.
+Thread support. Right now, as soon as a thread finishes and exits,
+you're hosed. This problem is reported once a week or so.
--
--
-Eliminate one more compiler warnings.
+Compiler warnings.
+
+Eliminate all warnings for at least one host/target for the flags:
+-Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wparentheses
+-Wpointer-arith -Wuninitialized
--
The current convention is (kind of) to use $(<header>_h) in all
dependency lists. It isn't done in a consistent way.
+--
+
+ GDB 5.2 - Known Problems
+ ========================
+
--
Code Cleanups: General
--
+Revised UDP support (was: Re: [Fwd: [patch] UDP transport support])
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00000.html
+
+(Broken) support for GDB's remote protocol across UDP is to be
+included in the follow-on release.
+
+It should be noted that UDP can only work when the [Gg] packet fits in
+a single UDP packet.
+
+There is also much debate over the merit of this.
+
+--
+
+Can't build IRIX -> arm GDB.
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00356.html
+
+David Whedon writes:
+> Now I'm building for an embedded arm target. If there is a way of turning
+> remote-rdi off, I couldn't find it. It looks like it gets built by default
+> in gdb/configure.tgt(line 58) Anyway, the build dies in
+> gdb/rdi-share/unixcomm.c. SERPORT1 et. al. never get defined because we
+> aren't one of the architectures supported.
+
+--
+
+Problem with weak functions
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-05/msg00060.html
+
+Dan Nicolaescu writes:
+> It seems that gdb-4.95.1 does not display correctly the function when
+> stoping in weak functions.
+>
+> It stops in a function that is defined as weak, not in the function
+> that is actually run...
+
+--
+
+Follow through `make check' with --enable-shared.
+
+When the srcware tree is configured with --enable-shared, the `expect'
+program won't run properly. Jim Wilson found out gdb has a local hack
+to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but, AFAIK, no other project has been hacked
+similarly.
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00845.html
+
+--
+
+Delete macro TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE.
+
+Patches in the database.
+
+--
+
+printcmd.c (print_address_numeric):
+
+NOTE: This assumes that the significant address information is kept in
+the least significant bits of ADDR - the upper bits were either zero
+or sign extended. Should ADDRESS_TO_POINTER() or some
+ADDRESS_TO_PRINTABLE() be used to do the conversion?
+
+--
+
The BFD directory requires bug-fixed AUTOMAKE et.al.
AUTOMAKE 1.4 incorrectly set the TEXINPUTS environment variable. It
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