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Re: [commit] Fix flags type initialization bug
> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:41:19 -0700
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> > I'm working on printing proper flags for some registers on SPARC when
> > I hit this. It makes gdb crash, so perhaps I should put this on the
> > release branch too?
>
> Is there a way to cause GDB 6.5 to crash, or is only after you
> applied your changes?
This is used in i386-tdep.c since january or so, and I think there is
a risk of having it crash there, but I've never seen it happen.
> Right now, I don't have any plan in making a minor release from
> the 6.5 branch, but I don't mind making one if the fixes of this
> kind keep piling up.
This one alone isn't enough, but if there are a few others like it
that can potentially crash gdb itself, I think we should consider
having a 6.5.1 release.
Mark