Fedora 11 Update: gdb-6.8.50.20090302-31.fc11

Thu Jul 2 05:49:05 UTC 2009

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-7071
2009-06-30 20:56:37
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Name        : gdb
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 6.8.50.20090302
Release     : 31.fc11
URL         : http://gnu.org/software/gdb/
Summary     : A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Java and other languages
Description :
GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++,
Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion
and printing their data.

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Update Information:

Fix GDB crash on cloned-TIDs with no associated pthread.  Workaround rpm.org#76
rpm-devel requirement for debuginfo names.   Fix backtraces from core files with
the executable found+loaded via build-id (affecting mostly only x86_64).
Accelerate sorting blocks on reading a file (found on WebKit).
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jun 29 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-31
- Fix GDB crash on cloned-TIDs with no associated pthread (BZ 471819).
- Workaround rpm.org#76 rpm-devel requirement for debuginfo names (BZ 508193).
* Mon Jun 22 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-30
- Accelerate sorting blocks on reading a file (found on WebKit) (BZ 507267).
* Mon Jun 22 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-29
- Fix backtraces from core files with the executable found+loaded via build-id.
  - Due to F-11 GCC no longer needlessly duplicating .eh_frame as .debug_frame.
* Tue Jun 16 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-28
- Archer update to the snapshot: 05c402a02716177c4ddd272a6e312cbd2908ed68
- Archer backport: 05c402a02716177c4ddd272a6e312cbd2908ed68
  - Remove the [archer-pmuldoon-exception-rewind-master] branch.
  - Include this functionality as a FSF GDB accepted patchset.
* Mon Jun 15 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-27
- Fix crash on pending breakpoints with PIE (position-indep.-exec.) (BZ 505943).
* Fri Jun 12 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-26
- Fix an occasional crash during printing of missing debuginfo rpms (BZ 505401).
* Thu Jun 11 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-25
- Archer update to the snapshot: 30c13da4efe18f43ee34aa4b29bc86e1a53de548
- Archer backport: 30c13da4efe18f43ee34aa4b29bc86e1a53de548
  - Fix dereferencing unbound C arrays (BZ 505163).
* Tue Jun  9 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-24
- Archer update to the snapshot: 000db8b7bfef8581ef099ccca8689cfddfea1be8
- Archer backport: b8d3bea36b137effc929e02c4dadf73716cb330b
  - Ignore explicit die representing global scope '::' (gcc 4.1 bug).
- Archer backport: c2d5c4a39b10994d86d8f2f90dfed769e8f216f3
  - Fix parsing DW_AT_const_value using DW_FORM_string
- Archer backport: 8d9ab68fc0955c9de6320bec2821a21e3244600d
                 + db41e11ae0a3aec7120ad6ce86450d838af74dd6
  - Fix Fortran modules/namespaces parsing (but no change was visible in F11).
- Archer backport: 000db8b7bfef8581ef099ccca8689cfddfea1be8
  - Fix "some Python error when displaying some C++ objects" (BZ 504356).
- testsuite: Support new rpmbuild option: --with parallel
- testsuite: gdb-orphanripper.c: Fix uninitialized `termios.c_line'.
* Mon May 11 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-23
- Fix crashes due to (missing) varobj revalidation, for VLA (for BZ 377541).
* Sun May 10 2009 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 6.8.50.20090302-22
- Archer update to the snapshot: e2812eadef2c15baeccd003e11fdf3fbc0b90dc2
- Archer backport: 58dcda94ac5d6398f47382505e9d3d9d866d79bf
                 + f3de7bbd655337fe6705aeaafcc970deff3dd5d5
  - Implement Fortran modules namespaces (BZ 466118).
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #471819 - Assertion failed in gdb
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471819
  [ 2 ] Bug #508193 - gdb should require rpm-devel?
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508193
  [ 3 ] Bug #507267 - gdb gets stuck in infinite loop when debugged program crashes
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507267
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