Hello,
Just to report that 5.2 suffers from the same problem as 5.1 on Tru64. >gdb ./brol # Unpatched >GNU gdb 5.2 >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 "alphaev6-dec-osf4.0f"... >mdebugread.c:2448: gdb-internal-error: Section index is uninitialized This for _any_ executable, either compiled with gcc or the native cc. After applying a suggested patch (adding the .sbss section in 'symfile.c') things improve slightly ... > ./gdb ~deknuydt/bin/brol # Patched >GNU gdb 5.2 >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 "alphaev6-dec-osf4.0f"... >Setting up the environment for debugging gdb. >.gdbinit:5: Error in sourced command file: >Function "internal_error" not defined. >(gdb) r >Starting program: /tmp_mnt/users/visics/deknuydt/bin/brol >mdebugread.c:2441: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_data not initialized >An internal GDB error was detected. This may make further >debugging unreliable. Quit this debugging session? (y or n) n >Create a core file containing the current state of GDB? (y or n) n Now you can debug, but the last three lines are repeated all too often... Greetings, Bert. -- -------------- eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------- B.DeKnuydt, PSI-KULeuven Tel. +32-16-321880 Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 /| | || B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee _,_)| 4_|_|| FLANDERS, BELGIUM / . Fax. +32-16-321838 -------------- http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~deknuydt -------------- Cursed be man! How ungrateful is he! Qur'An 80, 17 _______________________________________________ Bug-gdb mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gdb