Re: gdb/521: gdb hangs when setting breakpoints, infinite loop in finish_cv_type

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dmj+ at andrew dot cmu dot edu>]

The following reply was made to PR gdb/521; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dmj+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: Mike Van Emmerik <emmerik@itee.uq.edu.au>
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: gdb/521: gdb hangs when setting breakpoints, infinite loop in finish_cv_type
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:41:07 -0500

 On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 06:08:00AM -0000, Mike Van Emmerik wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR gdb/521; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Mike Van Emmerik <emmerik@itee.uq.edu.au>
 > To: nobody@sources.redhat.com, mitch@lbcons.net, gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com,
 >    gdb-prs@sources.redhat.com?Subject=Re, gdb@itee.uq.edu.au,
 >    infinite@itee.uq.edu.au, loop@itee.uq.edu.au, gdb/521@itee.uq.edu.au
 > Cc:  
 > Subject: Re: gdb/521: gdb hangs when setting breakpoints, infinite loop in finish_cv_type
 > Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 16:00:20 +1000
 > 
 >  http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=521
 >  
 >  This problem (infinite loop, as described in problem report 521) also 
 >  affects my project. If my sysadmin applied the patch correctly (he's 
 >  pretty good), then this patch doesn't fix my problem.
 >  
 >  We have plenty of long mangled names (mainly from strings; those sure 
 >  mangle to a long name), so that is the only clue that I have.
 >  
 >  I just tried a quick test program with a map from string to string in 
 >  it; that didn't provoke the bug.
 >  
 >  I might make a copy and try a binary search type of technique... not 
 >  trivial. As it is, gdb is totally useless for my project.
 
 Please try a CVS snapshot of GDB; I fixed this properly a few weeks
 ago.
 
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 Daniel Jacobowitz                           Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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