[cfarm-users] Is it possible to install gdb on Solaris gcc211

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Jara,

> Am 19.11.2022 um 22:21 schrieb Jaroslav Fojtik via cfarm-users <cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net>:
> I would like to get a callstack from my program.
> there is no gdb on gcc211.

There is now gdb installed from OpenCSW and also from the Oracle repository:

gcc-solaris11# /usr/bin/gdb -v
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.11".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.

gcc-solaris11# /opt/csw/bin/gdb -v
Exception caught while booting Guile.
Error in function "make_objcode_from_file":
bad header on object file: "GOOF----BE-4-2.0"
/opt/csw/bin/gdb: warning: Could not complete Guile gdb module initialization from:
/opt/csw/share/gdb/guile/gdb/boot.scm.
Limited Guile support is available.
Suggest passing --data-directory=/path/to/gdb/data-directory.

GNU gdb (GDB) 7.10
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.10".
Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word“.


Just let me know if you need anything else.


Best regards

— Dago



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