From 22911aaf2f130470c7f0e8d642c66416b009bb79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Brobecker Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 07:17:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * PROBLEMS: Document gdb/816 (unable to read core file on alpha-osf). --- gdb/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ gdb/PROBLEMS | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 82569ec81a1..e64b9579dd9 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-11-06 Joel Brobecker + + * PROBLEMS: Document gdb/816 (unable to read core file on alpha-osf). + 2002-11-06 Theodore A. Roth * c-exp.y: Add missing semi-colons. diff --git a/gdb/PROBLEMS b/gdb/PROBLEMS index 4c460d6eb80..b2f45d8bff2 100644 --- a/gdb/PROBLEMS +++ b/gdb/PROBLEMS @@ -50,3 +50,18 @@ i386-*-freebsd4.4* gdb/455: GDB doesn't build on a FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE system. The problem is still being investigated. + +alpha*-*-osf* +------------- + +gdb/816: When building GDB with GCC 3.0.1, GDB is unable to load a core +file properly. It generates several errors and warnings regarding +unhandled core file section types, incorrect endianness, the failure to +load the registers. Are also incorrectly reported: The program name, the +cause of the program death, and the call stack at the moment of the +death. This problem has been reported on alpha-osf4.0f and alpha-osf5.1a. +To work-around the problem, add -D__digital__ to the CFLAGS when +building GDB vis: + + $ make CFLAGS='-O2 -D__digital__' + -- 2.47.2