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| author | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2001-11-18 04:43:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2001-11-18 04:43:50 +0000 |
| commit | f87ece4d0b7c910e70acf061b47ed0d439badf10 (patch) | |
| tree | c411f4bbbaac6a088515b29f3bb6b9acaa073eb0 /gdb | |
| parent | 8a4067459977e8d635777ac60ba2c4f99da80b2e (diff) | |
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doco more build probs.
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 422adec..b210e76 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-11-17 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> + + * README: Mention need for alloca(). Mention problems with + alpha-dec-osf4.0e. Clarify that comments refer to GDB 5.1. + 2001-11-17 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> * i386-linux-nat.c (fill_gregset): Use regcache_collect() instead @@ -432,35 +432,49 @@ Host/target specific installation notes hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20 -Due to a problem with libiberty/regex.c, GDB does not build on HP/UX -10.20 when using the HP supplied compiler. +Due to a problem (conflicting types) with libiberty/regex.c, GDB 5.1 +does not build on HP/UX 10.20 when using the HP supplied compiler. -Due to bit rot problems, GDB does not work on HP/UX 10.20 when built -with GCC. +Due to bit rot, GDB 5.1 does not work on HP/UX 10.20 when built with +GCC. hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00 -Due to a problem with ltconfig and long argument lines, GDB does not -configure on HP/UX 11.00. +Due to a problem with ltconfig and long argument lines, GDB 5.1 does +not configure on HP/UX 11.00. alpha-dec-osf5.1 -GDB has a number of problems on this platform (Ref PR gdb/237). A GDB -built with ``CC="cc -DUSE_LDR_ROUTINES"'' is reported to be more -reliable. +GDB 5.1 has a number of problems on this platform (Ref PR gdb/237). A +GDB 5.1 built with ``CC="cc -DUSE_LDR_ROUTINES"'' is reported to work +much better. + + +alpha-dec-osf4.0e + +GDB 5.1 is known to have problems on this platform (encounters an +internal error in the symbol table reader). sparcv9-sun-solaris2.8 -There are known problems with GCC 3.0.x for the 64 bit sparc target -(bad code gen). You could try a development version of GCC. +There are known problems with building GDB 5.1 using GCC 3.0.x for the +64 bit SPARC target (bad code gen). You could try a development +version of GCC. i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1 -There are known problems with GDB's thread support on this platform. +There are known problems with GDB 5.1's thread support on this +platform. Non-threaded programs should work. + + +*-*-* + +GDB 5.1 assumes that the host C compiler implemends alloca(). GCC is +one such compiler. This problem should be fixed on the trunk. Remote debugging |