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Date:      Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:55:11 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mark Peek <mp@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        obrien@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: "Deprecated bfd_read" warnings in the gdb(1)
Message-ID:  <3C7B4D6F.DAE23C8C@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <3C7A093A.37156AC0@FreeBSD.org> <20020225093409.B93516@dragon.nuxi.com> <p05101422b8a02852fd59@[10.1.1.121]>

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Mark Peek wrote:
> 
> At 9:34 AM -0800 2/25/02, David O'Brien wrote:
> >On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:51:54AM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> >  > I've noticed that after a recent make world gdb started producing
> >>  warnings during startup. Please fix.
> >
> >Please send patch.  This will require gdb to be updated to GDB 5.1.1 --
> >something I am not going to do.  This also shows the problems with trying
> >to share libiberty across multiple software packages.
> 
> Upgrading to gdb 5.1.1 *is* something that I am doing. In fact, I was
> testing kernel debugging over the weekend. However, the calls to
> bfd_read are still in gdb 5.1.1 so I could either patch it or wait
> for gdb 5.2 to be released. Of course, a simple patch to bfd.h could
> remove the warning as well...

That would be nice. We are waiting for it.

> If the warning is annoying people, I can make the patch to gdb. If it
> is tolerable, then let's wait for gdb 5.2.

I thinks that warnings shoud be disabled in any case, because they do
not serve any meaningful purpose, but only scaring newcomers and
annoying people like me.

Thanks!

-Maxim

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