upgrade GDB-6.1.1 on the base System

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On 20080904 00:28:40, Manolo Valdes wrote:
> Hi Hackers
> 
> reading a thread from this very list i solve my problem trying to debug user-
> land programs.
> 
> the problem was gdb-6.1.1 , and the thread point me to use gdb-6.6
> and all my pains went away.
> 
> so my question is:
> 
> will be GDB upgraded in the base system? or the buggy gdb-6.1.1 still be 
> around?
> 

GDB 6.6 is in ports if you need a later version. I agree that the base gdb
should be upgraded. On a related note, I've been using a manually compiled
GDB 6.8 for Ada work on all my machines and haven't had any problems to date.

xw