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gdb/211: Some error messages in buildsym.c don't work cross-wordsize



>Number:         211
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       Some error messages in buildsym.c don't work cross-wordsize
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 11 06:08:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     gustav@virtutech.se
>Release:        5.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
Linux 2.4.6 #1 Fri Jul 13 17:45:33 CEST 2001 i686 unknown
>Description:
The anon_block_end_complaint and innerblock_anon_complaint 
messages in buildsym.c use %lx to print a target address,
which fails miserably on a 32-bit host with a 64-bit target.
>How-To-Repeat:
Well, it's a bit tricky, since it's only trigged if you 
first repair gdb to read 64-bit binaries (and then read
Sun workshop produced 64-bit binaries' debuginfo), 
so I have no good testcase, but reading the code makes
it pretty obvious that it won't work.
>Fix:
Use sprintf_vma or similar to produce the addresses in those
messagse.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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