From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 25 17:12: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from pcnet1.pcnet.com (pcnet1.pcnet.com [204.213.232.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F4514EC6 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 17:12:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eischen@vigrid.com) Received: (from eischen@localhost) by pcnet1.pcnet.com (8.8.7/PCNet) id UAA09172; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:11:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:11:04 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen Message-Id: <199903260111.UAA09172@pcnet1.pcnet.com> To: jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: gdb 4.17 Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG 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. 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