RFC/H gdb6 port for powerpc

[Justin Hibbits]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Andreas Tobler <andreast-list at fgznet.ch>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I sent this mail out to Marcel but I did not get any feedback. Might be due
> to mailer issues, I do not know.
>
> I learned today, that I do not receive all mails directed to me. So I try
> to spread some request for comment/help here.
>
> I recently tried to get thunderbird working on powerpc. I was blocked and I
> needed a debugger. The current gdb in base terminates immediatley if I try
> to debug such a beast as thunderbird.
>
> So I went ahead and tried to bring gdb6 (from ports, 6.6.1) into a working
> state.
>
> I think I succeeded somehow, but I need some more help.
>
> Attached you'll find two files which you can put into the ports files
> directory of gdb6. (files)
>
>
> My issues I have are seen when you run 'gmake check' inside the gdb build
> directory.
> There are a lot of signal stuff which does not work. Also unwinding seems
> not in good shape.
>
> My request here on this list is, can anybody help guiding me on the missing
> bits?
>
> I'd appreciate any comments here, from gth to 'you could do this better' or
> anything else, but please respond.
>
> TIA,
> Andreas
>

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for taking on this port, maybe it'll fix the bug I filed against the
base gdb.  I'll give it a shot when I get some time to test it.  Have you
looked at any of the other BSDs for the necessary missing pieces?

- Justin