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Date:      Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:52:40 +0100
From:      xorquewasp@googlemail.com
To:        Manolo Valdes <nolis71cu@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: upgrade GDB-6.1.1 on the base System
Message-ID:  <20080905115240.GA12137@logik.internal.network>
In-Reply-To: <200809040028.40979.nolis71cu@gmail.com>
References:  <200809040028.40979.nolis71cu@gmail.com>

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On 20080904 00:28:40, Manolo Valdes wrote:
> Hi Hackers
> 
> reading a thread from this very list i solve my problem trying to debug user-
> land programs.
> 
> the problem was gdb-6.1.1 , and the thread point me to use gdb-6.6
> and all my pains went away.
> 
> so my question is:
> 
> will be GDB upgraded in the base system? or the buggy gdb-6.1.1 still be 
> around?
> 

GDB 6.6 is in ports if you need a later version. I agree that the base gdb
should be upgraded. On a related note, I've been using a manually compiled
GDB 6.8 for Ada work on all my machines and haven't had any problems to date.

xw



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