Debugging gdb under gdb

Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com
Thu Jul 9 16:05:00 GMT 2009


Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:52:27 +0200, Michael Eager wrote:
>> When I try to run a test gdb under gdb, the host gdb hangs.
> ...
>> The host gdb is "GNU gdb Fedora (6.8-32.fc10)".
> 
>>From the GDB version assuming you did hit a Fedora kernel problem tracked at:
> 	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486564
> 
> It is fixed in Fedora-11 kernels, Fedora-10 will get a backport - or may
> already got one).  From my experience Fedora-11 kernels also work fine with
> Fedora-10 OS (but be sure to have /usr/bin/rpm from the latest Fedora-10
> update before installing any Fedora-11 package)

Thanks for the info.

I'll hope for a kernel-2.6.30 backport to F10, or maybe I'll build it myself.
I'm still recovering from the trauma of upgrading from Fedora 8.

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