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| author | Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> | 2002-08-24 14:36:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> | 2002-08-24 14:36:12 +0000 |
| commit | cd87e7699031fb3d82ac056020b1bf7c8f0aab1f (patch) | |
| tree | 2298c02368df0dbbe060fdccae75527c1ba89498 /gdb/PROBLEMS | |
| parent | bc712bbf17bd3c4ead9c0cacc917cd58f7cc5267 (diff) | |
* PROBLEMS: Clarify problems with FreeBSD's compiler and suggest
workaround.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/PROBLEMS | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/PROBLEMS b/gdb/PROBLEMS index 9ffea60be6..4c460d6eb8 100644 --- a/gdb/PROBLEMS +++ b/gdb/PROBLEMS @@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ i386-*-freebsd[34]* There is a bug (bin/41671) in FreeBSD's gcc that causes it to emit bad debug information when using the stabs format (which is the default). -In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather limited, but -starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more prominent. +As a result GDB tends to place breakpoints on functions before the +function prologue, and information about function parameters and local +variables is lost. In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather +limited, but starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more +prominent. As a workaround, compile your code with -gdwarf-2. hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20 |