Hello! Some of the changes that have been installed between gdb_6_8-branch and HEAD cause GDB to no longer function properly on GNU/Hurd under certain circumstances.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/gdb/HEAD.build $ gdb/gdb ~/tmp/n1/hurd/ext2fs.static GNU gdb 6.8.0.20081008-cvs [...] This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-gnu0.3"... (gdb) r Starting program: /media/data/home/tschwinge/tmp/n1/hurd/ext2fs.static [New thread 8112.1] [New thread 8112.2] [New thread 8112.3] [New thread 8112.4] [New thread 8112.5] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. convert_options (argp=0x813f0bc, parent=0x0, parent_index=0, group=0x81712e8, cvt=0x101fad0) at argp.h:579 579 argp.h: No such file or directory. in argp.h [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/gdb/HEAD.build $ gdb/gdb ~/tmp/n1/hurd/ext2fs.static GNU gdb (GDB) 6.8.50.20081009-cvs [...] (gdb) r Starting program: /media/data/home/tschwinge/tmp/n1/hurd/ext2fs.static Can't fetch registers from thread bogus thread id 1: No such thread Both have been built (natively) on the same up-to-date Debian GNU/Hurd system. For easy reproduction, I can publish the faulting binary. Regards, Thomas
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