On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 06:57:43PM -0500, root wrote:
> Package: gdb
> Version: 7.0.1-2+b1
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> GDB isn't compiled with PIE support in squeeze, but Apache is
> compiled with PIE.  This makes debugging apache impossible.
> 
> Apache's justification is that GDB does support PIE, see:
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/apache2/apache2_2.2.16-4/changelog
> 
> apache2 (2.2.15-6) unstable; urgency=low 
>    [...]
>    * Build as PIE, since gdb in squeeze now supports it.
>    [...]
>    -- Stefan Fritsch <[email protected]>  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:18:43 +0200
> 
> This inconsistency should either be a bug against apache, or a bug
> against gdb.  I've chosen you, because the way forward is fixing it :)

PIE support is in GDB 7.1 and GDB 7.2; 7.2 is in sid.

It seems to be too late to get an update into squeeze.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery



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