Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:11:04 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU, mike@smith.net.au Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gdb 4.17 Message-ID: <199903260111.UAA09172@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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> > 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. Well, the port I mentioned in a previous Email does add all the FreeBSD 4.16 changes to 4.17. This is probably a good starting point for someone. Are we submitting our changes back to Cygnus (or whomever is maintain GDB) so that subsequent releases sorta build out-of-the-box? Dan Eischen eischen@vigrid.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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