Bug #58450 > package: gdb Version: 4.18.19990928-1 > Severity: grave
> This version of gdb does not compile on PowerPC. There are many errors during > the > compilation process, culminating in make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ <snip> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gdb-4.18.19990928/gdb' > make: *** [all-gdb] Error 2 > Especially bad since the current version available as a binary package has > problems with threads, making debugging of problems with freeamp impossible > (gdb segfaults). I believe I am now in possession of a build of this version of gdb that works on PowerPC :-). At least, I played with makefiles and headers until it built (well, a little more carefully than that makes it sound), and it does start up w/o dying instantly. It's almost 2 in the morning here now, though, so I'm going to bed - if this version works OK after a little testing in the morning (and everything I did still seems sane by then) I'll submit the patches to this bug # and put binaries up somewhere... <warning>I'm just another person who is inconvienenced by the lack of a working GDB for threads, not someone who actually works with/on GDB. So when I put these patches up, please pay a little bit of attention before merging them, because they were done in a fairly nearsighted manner...</warning>
