When using gdb-309 and gdb-370 on MacOS X 10.3.9, even the simplest queries seem broken.
On stage2 gengtype, I get scientist:~/cvs/gcc/build/gcc bonzinip$ gdb build/gengtype (gdb) b mangle_macro_name Breakpoint 5 at 0x8458: file ../../gcc/gengtype-lex.l, line 429. (gdb) run Breakpoint 5, mangle_macro_name ([snip]) at ../../gcc/gengtype-lex.l:429 (gdb) fini Run till exit from #0 mangle_macro_name ([snip]) at ../../gcc/gengtype-lex.l:429 yylex () at ../../gcc/gengtype-lex.l:263 263 t = find_structure (ptr, 0); Value returned is $1 = 0x11ccb0 "VEC_tree" (gdb) p ptr No symbol "ptr" in current context. ... 228 for (s = structures; s != NULL; s = s->next) (gdb) p structures $2 = <unknown type> ... 106 for (p = typedefs; p != NULL; p = p->next) (gdb) p typedefs $5 = <unknown type> and so on. Paolo -- Summary: [4.1 Regression] stabs debug info completely broken? Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: debug AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: bonzini at gcc dot gnu dot org CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC target triplet: powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21828