Re: [OT] Re: gdb vs. glibc (glibc-devel-2.0.7-19, aka RedHat 5.1) vs , linux 2.1.124

Clifford Wolf (clifford@clifford.at)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 17:23:12 +0200 (MEST)


On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Michael Meissner wrote:

> > To compile gdb 4.17 together with glibc 2.0.96 and kernel 2.1.123 for i386
> > I use this little q+d patch to gdb (should work with your versions too):
>
> Speaking personally, not as a Cygnus representative (and in any case, I work
> on GCC, not GDB), this patch as presented is not acceptable for
> inclusion into gdb, since there are other i386 systems that provide
> sys/debugreg.h that this would break (notably sco5). I really think
> either glibc or the kernel should provide the right files so that
> including sys/debugreg.h works as expected.

The q+d there stands for quick and dirty. It's not hought to go into gdb.
It's just thought to let gdb work together with the 2.1.x kernels and
glibc ...

- clifford

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Clifford Wolf (CEO and CTO)
The ROCK Projects Workgoup IRC: IRCnet / clifford
http://www.rock-projects.com/ http://www.clifford.at/
e-mail: c.wolf@rock-projects.com email: god@clifford.at

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/