Bug#581707: gdb: refuses to print errno on amd64

2010-05-19 Thread brian m. carlson
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 03:07:15PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 05:18:22AM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > > gdb refuses to print errno on amd64, regardless of whether the program > > in question is 32-bit or 64-bit. libc6-dbg is installed. > > Does linking with -lpt

Bug#581707: gdb: refuses to print errno on amd64

2010-05-19 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 05:18:22AM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > gdb refuses to print errno on amd64, regardless of whether the program > in question is 32-bit or 64-bit. libc6-dbg is installed. Does linking with -lpthread help? It will, if I remember the problem correctly. This may be fixed

Bug#581707: gdb: refuses to print errno on amd64

2010-05-14 Thread brian m. carlson
Package: gdb Version: 7.1-1 Severity: important gdb refuses to print errno on amd64, regardless of whether the program in question is 32-bit or 64-bit. libc6-dbg is installed. In my opinion, not being able to print errno makes gdb significantly less useful. errno is an essential and important p