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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 5ab2450..a23071c 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-06-18 Michael Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com> + + * PROBLEMS: Add more specific information, and a work-around, + for PR gdb/1458. + 2004-06-18 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> * gdbarch.sh (DEPRECATED_FUNCTION_START_OFFSET): Deprecated. diff --git a/gdb/PROBLEMS b/gdb/PROBLEMS index b39e94a..c143bb3 100644 --- a/gdb/PROBLEMS +++ b/gdb/PROBLEMS @@ -6,11 +6,29 @@ *** Build problems -build/1458: comple failed on hpux11 +build/1458: compile failed on hpux11 -GDB 6.1 is known to have build problems on HP/UX 11.00 using the -vendor supplied compilers (GDB does build on HP/UX 11.11, and using -GCC). +GDB has build problems on HP/UX 11 with some versions of the HP +Ansi C compiler. (GCC works fine). + +The problem happens when compiling intl/bindtextdom.c. +The error is: + + cc: "gettextP.h", line 50: error 1000: Unexpected symbol: "SWAP". + cc: panic 2017: Cannot recover from earlier errors, terminating. + *** Error exit code 1 + +This is a problem with the 'inline' keyword in gettextP.h. +The workaround is to disable 'inline' before building gdb: + + export ac_cv_c_inline=no + +This problem happens only with some versions of the HP Ansi C compiler. +Versions A.11.01.25171.GP and B.11.11.28706.GP have both been observed +to work; version B.11.11.04 gets the build error and needs the +workaround. + +This problem might also happen with other C compilers. *** Misc |