From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 25 16:19:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647C915087 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 16:19:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01160; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 16:10:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199903260010.QAA01160@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Josh MacDonald Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gdb 4.17 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:06:50 PST." <19990325140650.63224@helen.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 16:10:50 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Will the system-supported debugger be upgraded to gdb 4.17? There > are a number of deficiencies in 4.16 and the release has been available > for 11 months. I notice problems with gdb 4.16 everytime I use it on > FreeBSD, which is daily. Two years of bugfixes went into 4.17, it really > is essential for FreeBSD to remain a viable development platform, > especially for debugging C++. It also is difficult to debug egcs > code with 4.16--that's another reason it should be supported. When someone willing to do the vendor branch/merge comes along, I'd say. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message