GDB 6.8 release process created!

Hello,

A quick message to announce that the GDB 6.8 branch has just
been created.

The prerelease snapshots will be available at:

   
ftp://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/snapshots/branch/gdb.tar.bz2

The sources are also accessible via CVS:

    cvs -d :pserver:anoncvssourceware.org:/cvs/src co
-r gdb_6_8-branch gdb

This announcement has also been posted on the GDB web site
at:

    http://www.sourceware.
org/gdb/

Cheers,
-- 
Joel

Hi,

On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 10:35 -0800, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> A quick message to announce that the GDB 6.8 branch has
just been created.

I just noticed that gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc64-low.c is
missing in the
branch. gdbserver doesn't compile on Power systems because
of that.
-- 
[]'s
Thiago Jung Bauermann
Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center

Hi Thiago,

> I just noticed that gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc64-low.c is
missing in the
> branch. gdbserver doesn't compile on Power systems
because of that.

Thanks for letting me know. So far, I don't understand how
this could
have happened. I did the following command (from
sourceware):

    % cvs -f -d /cvs/src rtag 
      -D "2008-02-26 10:00-gmt"
gdb_6_8-2008-02-26-branchpoint gdb

I have saved the output from this command, stdout and
stderr,
and no error was ever printed. And yet, the file was never
tagged.
And since the branch is created from the branch-point, it
never
made it to the branch.

I double-checked that no other file was missing. So I tagged
it, and
then added to the branch.

-- 
Joel

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 04:19:57PM -0800, Joel Brobecker
wrote:
> Hi Thiago,
> 
> > I just noticed that
gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc64-low.c is missing in the
> > branch. gdbserver doesn't compile on Power systems
because of that.
> 
> Thanks for letting me know. So far, I don't understand
how this could
> have happened. I did the following command (from
sourceware):
> 
>     % cvs -f -d /cvs/src rtag 
>       -D "2008-02-26 10:00-gmt"
gdb_6_8-2008-02-26-branchpoint gdb

This is probably CVS breaking, but I can tell you the cause
if you
haven't noticed it - Ulrich deleted the file on HEAD after
the
branchpoint.  It's probably a quirk of -D, which has never
been one of
CVS's strong points.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

 > It builds okay, and yields the results below for
"make check":
 > 
 > 		    === gdb Summary ===
 > 
 >     # of expected passes            11833
 >     # of unexpected failures        73
 >     # of unexpected successes       2
 >     # of expected failures          43
 >     # of known failures             39
 >     # of untested testcases         10
 >     # of unsupported tests          49
 > 
 > If someone wants to know details about some specific
test cases, I
 > have the data available, just holler.

That seems like a lot of failures. Are any of these the ones
Vladimir
pointed out?:

        FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: continue to printf
        FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: send SIGUSR1
        FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: signal sent
        FAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: continue to exit
        FAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: watch triggered on a.x

He says:

> JFYI -- I'm not sure we should bother about
annotations.

If that's to wind me up - that's fine, I probably can't
expect any more,
but I hope it's not GDB policy.

In this particular case, it's not a problem because Emacs
doesn't use
frames-invalid annotations - but it does use others.

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.n
z/~nickrob

On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 11:20:45AM +1300, Nick Roberts
wrote:
> That seems like a lot of failures.

Mid-seventies is about typical for my runs.  For instance
most of the
Ada tests blow up with current FSF gnat (Joel knows about
this, the
AdaCore sources work better).  GPC, if you have it
installed, fails a
bunch of Pascal tests.

>         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: continue to printf
>         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: send SIGUSR1
>         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: signal sent
>         FAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: continue to exit
>         FAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: watch triggered on
a.x

I fixed these in HEAD right after I was informed of them.  I
don't
think either the patch causing them or fixing them has been
moved to
the branch.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

> From: Nick Roberts <nickrobsnap.net.nz>
> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:20:45 +1300
> Cc: gdbsourceware.org
> 
> That seems like a lot of failures. Are any of these the
ones Vladimir
> pointed out?:
> 
>         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: continue to printf
>         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: send SIGUSR1
>         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: signal sent
>         FAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: continue to exit
>         FAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: watch triggered on
a.x

It doesn't look like that.  I attach below all the FAILs and
XFAILs.

------------------------------------------------------------
--------
XFAIL: gdb.base/completion.exp: complete 'p "break1.'
FAIL: gdb.base/corefile.exp: accessing mmapped data in core
file (mapping address not found in core file)
XFAIL: gdb.base/dbx.exp: func sum
XFAIL: gdb.base/dbx.exp: func print_average
XFAIL: gdb.base/exprs.exp: truncate (void*)
0x00000000ffffffff + 1
XFAIL: gdb.base/exprs.exp: truncate (void*)
0xffffffff00000000 - 1
XFAIL: gdb.base/list.exp: list line 1 with unlimited
listsize
XFAIL: gdb.base/list.exp: list filename:function; wrong
filename rejected
XFAIL: gdb.base/macscp.exp: executable includes no macro
debugging information
KFAIL: gdb.base/printcmds.exp: ptype &*"foo"
(PRMS: gdb/538)
KFAIL: gdb.base/radix.exp: print 20.; expect 24; output
radix 8 (PRMS: gdb/1715)
KFAIL: gdb.base/radix.exp: print 20.; expect 14; output
radix 16 (PRMS: gdb/1715)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigaltstack.exp: finish from catch LEAF (the
program exited)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigaltstack.exp: finish to throw INNER
FAIL: gdb.base/sigaltstack.exp: finish to catch INNER
FAIL: gdb.base/sigaltstack.exp: finish from catch INNER
FAIL: gdb.base/sigaltstack.exp: finish to OUTER
FAIL: gdb.base/sigaltstack.exp: finish to catch MAIN
FAIL: gdb.base/sigaltstack.exp: finish to MAIN
FAIL: gdb.base/sigbpt.exp: stepi; stepi out of handler
FAIL: gdb.base/sigbpt.exp: stepi bp before segv; stepi out
of handler
FAIL: gdb.base/sigbpt.exp: stepi bp at segv; stepi out of
handler
FAIL: gdb.base/sigbpt.exp: stepi bp before and at segv;
stepi out of handler
FAIL: gdb.base/siginfo.exp: step out of handler
KFAIL: gdb.base/signals.exp: override SIGINT (PRMS:
gdb/1707)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step from handler; leave
handler
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: stepi from handleri; leave
handler
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: stepi from handleri; leave
signal trampoline
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next from handler; leave
handler
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: nexti from handleri; leave
handler
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: nexti from handleri; leave
signal trampoline
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: finish from handleri; leave
handler (hit breakpoint again)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: finish from handleri; leave
signal trampoline
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: return from handleri; leave
handler
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: return from handleri; leave
signal trampoline
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step to handler; resync
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step to handler; performing step
(the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next to handler; resync (the
program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next to handler; performing next
(the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue to handler; resync (the
program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue to handler; performing
continue (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step to handler entry; resync
(the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step to handler entry;
performing step (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next to handler entry; resync
(the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next to handler entry;
performing next (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue to handler entry;
resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue to handler entry;
performing continue (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step over handler; resync (the
program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step over handler; performing
step (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next over handler; resync (the
program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next over handler; performing
next (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue over handler; resync
(the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue over handler;
performing continue (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, to handler;
resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, to handler;
continue to infinite loop (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, to handler;
performing step (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, to handler;
resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, to handler;
continue to infinite loop (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, to handler;
performing next (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, to
handler; resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, to
handler; continue to infinite loop (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, to
handler; performing continue (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, to handler
entry; resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, to handler
entry; continue to infinite loop (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, to handler
entry; performing step (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, to handler
entry; resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, to handler
entry; continue to infinite loop (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, to handler
entry; performing next (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, to
handler entry; resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, to
handler entry; continue to infinite loop (the program is no
longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, to
handler entry; performing continue (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, skip
handler; resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, skip
handler; continue to infinite loop (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: step on breakpoint, skip
handler; performing step (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, skip
handler; resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, skip
handler; continue to infinite loop (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: next on breakpoint, skip
handler; performing next (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, skip
handler; resync (the program is no longer running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, skip
handler; continue to infinite loop (the program is no longer
running)
FAIL: gdb.base/sigstep.exp: continue on breakpoint, skip
handler; performing continue (the program is no longer
running)
KFAIL: gdb.base/solib-weak.exp: run to breakpoint - lib1
nodebug, lib2 debug, lib1 first (PRMS: gdb/1824)
KFAIL: gdb.base/solib-weak.exp: run to breakpoint - lib1
debug, lib2 nodebug, lib2 first (PRMS: gdb/1824)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: watch triggered on a.x (PRMS:
gdb/38)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/annota3.exp: watch triggered on a.x (PRMS:
gdb/38)
FAIL: gdb.cp/arg-reference.exp: No false reference
KFAIL: gdb.cp/classes.exp: ptype obj_with_enum //
unrecognized line type 1: PrivEnum priv_enum; (PRMS:
gdb/57)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/classes.exp: print (ClassWithEnum::PrivEnum)
42 (PRMS: gdb/1588)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/classes.exp: print ('ClassWithEnum::PrivEnum')
42 (PRMS: gdb/57)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/demangle.exp: lucid: __vtbl__3foo__vt_cc_main_
(PRMS: gdb/945)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/inherit.exp: print g_D.A::a (PRMS: gdb/68)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/inherit.exp: print g_D.A:
(PRMS: gdb/68)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/inherit.exp: print g_E.A::a (PRMS: gdb/68)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/inherit.exp: print g_E.A:
(PRMS: gdb/68)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/inherit.exp: ptype g_D.A::a (PRMS: gdb/68)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/inherit.exp: ptype g_D.A:
(PRMS: gdb/68)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/inherit.exp: ptype g_E.A::a (PRMS: gdb/68)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/inherit.exp: ptype g_E.A:
(PRMS: gdb/68)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/local.exp: ptype InnerLocal::NestedInnerLocal
(PRMS: gdb/482)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/namespace.exp: ptype ::C::CClass (PRMS:
gdb/1448)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/namespace.exp: ptype ::C::CClass::NestedClass
(PRMS: gdb/1448)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/namespace.exp: ptype ::C::NestedClass (PRMS:
gdb/1448)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/namespace.exp: ptype ::C::OtherFileClass
(PRMS: gdb/1448)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/templates.exp: ptype T5<int> (PRMS:
gdb/1111)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/templates.exp: ptype T5<int> (PRMS:
gdb/1111)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/templates.exp: constructor breakpoint (PRMS:
gdb/1062)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/templates.exp: destructor breakpoint (PRMS:
gdb/1112)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/templates.exp: ptype fvpchar (PRMS: gdb/1512)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/templates.exp: print Foo<volatile char
*>::foo (PRMS: gdb/931)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/templates.exp: print Foo<volatile
char*>::foo (PRMS: gdb/931)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/templates.exp: ptype quxint (PRMS: gdb/1512)
KFAIL: gdb.cp/virtfunc.exp: print pEe->D::vg() (PRMS:
gdb/1064)
FAIL: gdb.dwarf2/dw2-ranges.exp: info line func
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-break.exp: break-insert -r operation
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-break.exp: insert breakpoint with regexp
callee2
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-break.exp: insert breakpoint with regexp
callee
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-break.exp: insert breakpoint with regexp
.*llee
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-break.exp: list of breakpoints
KFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-until.exp: until after while loop (went
backwards) (PRMS: gdb/2104)
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-var-block.exp: update inner_foo: should be
out of scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-var-block.exp: evaluate inner_foo: should
be out of scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-var-block.exp: update foo2: should be out
of scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-var-block.exp: update foo2 should be out of
scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-var-block.exp: update foo should be out of
scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-var-child.exp: update all vars
psnp->next->long_ptr (and 1.long_ptr) changed
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp: update all vars: changed
FIXME
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-var-display.exp: eval variable e
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi-watch.exp: sw: wp out of scope (2)
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-break.exp: break-insert -r operation
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-break.exp: insert breakpoint with regexp
callee2
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-break.exp: insert breakpoint with regexp
callee
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-break.exp: insert breakpoint with regexp
.*llee
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-break.exp: list of breakpoints
KFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-console.exp: Hello message (PRMS:
gdb/623)
KFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-until.exp: until after while loop (went
backwards) (PRMS: gdb/2104)
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-block.exp: update inner_foo: should be
out of scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-block.exp: evaluate inner_foo: should
be out of scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-block.exp: update foo2: should be out
of scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-block.exp: update foo2 should be out
of scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-block.exp: update foo should be out of
scope: KNOWN PROBLEM
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-child.exp: update all vars
psnp->next->long_ptr (and 1.long_ptr) changed
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp: update all vars: changed
FIXME
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-display.exp: eval variable e
XFAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-watch.exp: sw: wp out of scope (2)
KFAIL: gdb.pascal/types.exp: pt 'a simple string' (PRMS:
gdb/2326)
XFAIL: gdb.stabs/weird.exp: print struct constant
XFAIL: gdb.stabs/weird.exp: array0 with strange index
XFAIL: gdb.stabs/weird.exp: array1 with strange index
XFAIL: gdb.stabs/weird.exp: whatis pointer_to_int_var
XFAIL: gdb.stabs/weird.exp: whatis intp_var
XFAIL: gdb.stabs/weird.exp: p common0var1
XFAIL: gdb.stabs/weird.exp: p common0var2
FAIL: gdb.threads/staticthreads.exp: running to main in
runto
FAIL: gdb.threads/staticthreads.exp: Continue to main's call
of sem_post
FAIL: gdb.threads/staticthreads.exp: handle SIG32 helps
KFAIL: gdb.threads/tls.exp: info address me (PRMS:
gdb/1294)

> Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 22:59:12 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drowfalse.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <elizgnu.org>, gdbsourceware.org
> 
> On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 11:20:45AM +1300, Nick Roberts
wrote:
> > That seems like a lot of failures.
> 
> Mid-seventies is about typical for my runs.  For
instance most of the
> Ada tests blow up with current FSF gnat (Joel knows
about this, the
> AdaCore sources work better).  GPC, if you have it
installed, fails a
> bunch of Pascal tests.

I have neither Gnat nor GPC on that machine, and the
respective
failures are not in the test logfiles.

> >         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: continue to
printf
> >         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: send SIGUSR1
> >         FAIL: gdb.base/annota1.exp: signal sent
> >         FAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: continue to
exit
> >         FAIL: gdb.cp/annota2.exp: watch triggered
on a.x
> 
> I fixed these in HEAD right after I was informed of
them.  I don't
> think either the patch causing them or fixing them has
been moved to
> the branch.

I don't see these in the logs, FWIW.

On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 16:19 -0800, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> I double-checked that no other file was missing. So I
tagged it, and
> then added to the branch.

Thanks! All is well now when building on Power.
-- 
[]'s
Thiago Jung Bauermann
Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center