build/2091: gdb and mac-os tiger

build/2091: gdb and mac-os tiger

[infinitysw]

>Number:         2091
>Category:       build
>Synopsis:       gdb and mac-os tiger
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Feb 25 12:48:01 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ncs
>Release:        gdb 5.1-20020408 (apple version gdb-228)
>Organization:
>Environment:
Apple mac-os tiger 10.4.5
gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.1 20020420 (prerelease)
>Description:
[Nicholas-Strausss-Computer:~/gnuchess-5.07/src] nicholas% gdb gnuchess
GNU gdb 5.1-20020408 (Apple version gdb-228) (Sun Jul 14 10:07:24 GMT 2002)
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "powerpc-apple-macos10".
unable to open symbol file: "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib": can't read symbols: File format not recognized.

warning: Unable to read symbols from "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib"; reading from memory.
/SourceCache/gdb/gdb-228/src/gdb/macosx/macosx-nat-dyld-process.c:504: gdb-internal-error: assertion failure in function "dyld_load_library": e->dyld_valid

An internal GDB error was detected.  This may make further
debugging unreliable.  Quit this debugging session? (y or n) y
>How-To-Repeat:
1. download gnuchess make.
2. Use gdb from tiger 10.4.5 upgrade.
3. "gdb gnuchess"
>Fix:
Sounds like the gdb library isn't harmony with gcc library.
Upgrade gcc & gdb?

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

Re: build/2091: gdb and mac-os tiger

[drow]

Synopsis: gdb and mac-os tiger

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: drow
State-Changed-When: Mon Feb 27 15:51:55 2006
State-Changed-Why:
    Apple-specific bug with their patches.

http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=2091

Re: build/2091: gdb and mac-os tiger

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

The following reply was made to PR build/2091; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: infinitysw@comcast.net
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: build/2091: gdb and mac-os tiger
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:19:04 -0500

 On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 12:41:57PM -0000, infinitysw@comcast.net wrote:
 > >Release:        gdb 5.1-20020408 (apple version gdb-228)
 
 Sorry, we can't help you with this version; I recommend you contact
 Apple instead.
 
 -- 
 Daniel Jacobowitz
 CodeSourcery