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Re: FW: gdb seems to be broken on darwin 10.5.8 and later
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 10:00:28AM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:
>
> >> I am not sure how Joel wants to handle this WRT the 7.0 branch; none
> >> of the other maintainers chimed in :-(
>
> Joel> Did Jack confirm that it does not work without applying your patch?
>
> I read the referenced email. If the only issue with the patch is that
> it is not the best possible way to fix the problem, then I think it
> might as well go in. I say that because I think it generally preferable
> to commit a functioning patch rather than wait for a more ideal patch.
>
> Tom
Tom,
I agree since a functional gdb (even if only as root) will encourage more
folks to work the remaining issues. It also allows darwin users to test gdb
against the new debug support in gcc trunk.
Jack