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Re: gdb/454: "DW_FORM_strp pointing outside of .debug_str section"
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: nobody at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-prs at sources dot redhat dot com,
- Date: 8 May 2002 20:28:02 -0000
- Subject: Re: gdb/454: "DW_FORM_strp pointing outside of .debug_str section"
- Reply-to: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
The following reply was made to PR gdb/454; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
To: Reva Cuthbertson <reva@cup.hp.com>
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: gdb/454: "DW_FORM_strp pointing outside of .debug_str section"
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:14:52 -0400
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 01:07:51PM -0700, Reva Cuthbertson wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:38:01PM -0000, Reva Cuthbertson wrote:
> > > The following reply was made to PR gdb/454; it has been noted by GNATS.
> > >
> > > From: Reva Cuthbertson <reva@cup.hp.com>
> > > To: is@notochord.com, nobody@sources.redhat.com,
> > > gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com, gdb-prs@sources.redhat.com
> > > Cc:
> > > Subject: Re: gdb/454: "DW_FORM_strp pointing outside of .debug_str section"
> > > Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 12:32:58 -0700
> > >
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> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I can reproduce this problem easily with the following program
> > > compiled
> > > by g++ version 3.1 (g++ (GCC) 3.1 20020506 (prerelease)) on IA-64/Linux.
> >
> > What version of the assembler/linker are you using on this system?
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
> > MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
>
> The assembler is version is: GNU assembler 2.12.90 20020424:
> The ld version is: GNU ld version 2.11.92.0.7 20011016
Interesting; it's usually good practice to use a matching set. Could
you please check whether the problem persists with a current CVS
(mainline) snapshot of both the assembler and linker? I have a vague
memory that this was a linker bug, fixed sometime after the snapshot
you are using.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer