GDB 6.0 backtrace only prints 4 stack frames

[Dana, Eric]

>I've just downloaded GDB 6.0 and built it for Solaris 2.8.  When examining
>a core from a program (compiled with GNU g++ 2.95.3), the "backtrace" (or
>"where") command only prints stack frames 0-3 for each thread. Passing a
>number larger than 4 to the command makes no difference.  This isn't a
>problem with gdb 5.3. Is this a known bug?

We have been experiencing the same problem on Solaris 2.8 32-bit while
debugging
a shared library.

Eric Dana
BMC Software Inc.