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Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:36:38 -0400
From:      Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.org>
To:        current@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        jhb@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Patch to fix crashing experienced while using GDB
Message-ID:  <1208208998.1279.54.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <1208208513.1279.51.camel@localhost>
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On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 17:28 -0400, Coleman Kane wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> Some time ago, I got the attached patch from jhb (IIRC). It has worked
> for me and cured a problem that was making a bunch of my code
> un-traceable using GDB on FreeBSD. Debugging would result in a crash of
> GDB, preventing me from seeing what bug I had that crashed my program.
>=20
> Anyhow, my question is: Is there any reason this shouldn't be pushed
> into the tree? Who do I need to talk to (obrien? the compiler
> maintainers?) about it?

BTW, this has already been fixed in the GDB sources (using nearly the
exact same code) since August 2004 in rev. 1.79 of gdb/target.c:

http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/gdb/target.c?rev=3D1.79&conten=
t-type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=3Dsrc

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Coleman Kane

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