Re: cannot debug multi-threaded programs with gdb/gdbserver

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 02:10:47PM +0200, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> Steven J. Hill wrote:
> > Stuart Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > >Does anyone know whether there is some special setup needed on
> > >gdb/gdbserver to use the multi-threaded gdbserver ??
> ...
> > >binutils:  Version 2.11.90.0.25
> > >
> > Don't use H.J. Lu's binutils, use the released one. Use gcc-3.2 and
> > binutils-2.13 as they have fixes for the MIPS debugging symbols with
> > regards to DWARF.
> 
> Is this a general recommendation to avoid H.J. Lu's binutils, or do
> you just favor the newer binutils version?
> What about binutils 2.13.90.0.4?
> 
> I'm currently using gcc-2.95.4 with the Debian patches, and
> binutils binutils-2.12.90.0.14, which seem to work well.
> I planned to switch to gcc-3.2 but postponed it because I
> read about the DWARF debugging problems. Are they solved
> with gcc-3.2 / binutils-2.13 / gdb-5.3-CVS ?

Yes, they are fixed.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer