Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-11-01 Thread CBFalconer
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > ... snip ... > > Dead thread now? I hope so. I'm out. :-) Dead. -- Chuck F ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. USE worldnet address! -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-11-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ush into a different area to track it down, assuming it's something you want to pursue. Dead thread now? I hope so. I'm out. :-) Larry Original Message: - From: J. David Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 10:47:10 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: gdb ha

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-11-01 Thread J. David Bryan
On 30 Oct 2002 at 23:13, CBFalconer wrote: > I have been trying out gdb in Cygwin, and found it to hang and/or crash > under W98, running on a 486. I tried gdb (the version you cited) with the windowed interface on a 486 running NT 4.0, and it appeared to work fine on a simple "hello, world" t

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-11-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:10:24PM -0500, CBFalconer wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 06:58:03PM -0500, CBFalconer wrote: >> >> >Unfortunately that is all the data there is. I don't expect a magic >> >wand. The problem is probably in the gui stuff gdb is calling anyho

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread CBFalconer
Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 06:58:03PM -0500, CBFalconer wrote: > > >Unfortunately that is all the data there is. I don't expect a magic > >wand. The problem is probably in the gui stuff gdb is calling anyhow. > >W98 is not noted for system protection. However ignoring i

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 09:05:40PM -0500, CBFalconer wrote: >Maybe a few mirrors should be set aside for systems with other >configurations. Wait a minute. I thought I was having fun before but this is *double* the fun. Wh! cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-si

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 06:58:03PM -0500, CBFalconer wrote: >Unfortunately that is all the data there is. I don't expect a magic >wand. The problem is probably in the gui stuff gdb is calling anyhow. >W98 is not noted for system protection. However ignoring it is NOT the >right answer. Noting t

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread CBFalconer
Christopher Faylor wrote: > Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > >At 11:13 PM 10/30/2002, CBFalconer wrote: > > >>I have been trying out gdb in Cygwin, and found it to hang and/or > >>crash under W98, running on a 486. The output of gdb --version > >>is: > >> ... snip ... > >> > This GDB was c

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread CBFalconer
Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 08:38:35AM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > >At 11:13 PM 10/30/2002, CBFalconer wrote: > > >>I have been trying out gdb in Cygwin, and found it to hang and/or > >>crash under W98, running on a 486. The output of gdb --version > >>i

RE: gdb hangs on a 486 (dead msg thread)

2002-10-31 Thread Scott Prive
Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: gdb hangs on a 486 > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:46:58PM -0500, Scott Prive wrote: > >>Thanks for the clarification Scott. > > > >NP. When someone contributes a patch, I'll

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:46:58PM -0500, Scott Prive wrote: >>Thanks for the clarification Scott. > >NP. When someone contributes a patch, I'll be sure to transfer those >thanks since I don't deserve them (suggestions are *always* free..) ;-) Is anyone reading my previous message? This SHOULD N

RE: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Scott Prive
PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:30:41 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486 > > > Agreed. CPU specific-packages for obsolete platforms are not > needed, and my > remark was not intended to suggest s

RE: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:30:41 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486 Agreed. CPU specific-packages for obsolete platforms are not needed, and my remark was not intended to suggest something far less than this. What I meant was, in SETUP.EXE provide some warning

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 08:38:35AM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: >At 11:13 PM 10/30/2002, CBFalconer wrote: >>I have been trying out gdb in Cygwin, and found it to hang and/or >>crash under W98, running on a 486. The output of gdb --version >>is: >> >> > $ gdb --version >> > GNU gdb

RE: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Scott Prive
TECTED] [mailto:lhall@;pop.ma.ultranet.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:32 PM > To: Scott Prive; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486 > > > Hm, an interesting thought. This would require packages to > provide some information, probably

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Randall R Schulz
Larry, At 09:54 2002-10-31, you wrote: ... >> Sounds like you may want to get the source, reconfigure, and build >> your own version targeting i386 or i486. > >A non-trivial job, especially if the very tools are suspect. A potentially non-trivial job, yes, depending on your skills and experi

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: CBFalconer [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:20:45 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: gdb hangs on a 486 > > >"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote: >> >> At 11:13 PM 10/30/2002, CBFalconer wrote: >> >I have been t

RE: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
k it would be a feature that would get much use. But I'm willing to be proven wrong on this. :-) Larry Original Message: - From: Scott Prive [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:06:22 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread CBFalconer
"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote: > > At 11:13 PM 10/30/2002, CBFalconer wrote: > >I have been trying out gdb in Cygwin, and found it to hang and/or > >crash under W98, running on a 486. The output of gdb --version > >is: > > ... snip ... > > > This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-cygwin". >

RE: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Scott Prive
> At this point, I think most (all?) Cygwin packages are > configured like this. > Whether or not that's true, it's not unwarranted. There's > good reason to > make use of the newer architectures' capabilities. At the risk of asking for Yet Another Feature ... and I'm thinking out loud more t

Re: gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-31 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 11:13 PM 10/30/2002, CBFalconer wrote: >I have been trying out gdb in Cygwin, and found it to hang and/or >crash under W98, running on a 486. The output of gdb --version >is: > > > $ gdb --version > > GNU gdb 5.0 (20010428-3) > > Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > GDB is free sof

gdb hangs on a 486

2002-10-30 Thread CBFalconer
I have been trying out gdb in Cygwin, and found it to hang and/or crash under W98, running on a 486. The output of gdb --version is: > $ gdb --version > GNU gdb 5.0 (20010428-3) > Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and