I can confirm this problem on s390x and s390 wheezy systems. gdb 7.0.1-2+b1 runs fine on s390 squeeze.
Greetings, Martin Am 04.11.2013 14:35, schrieb Thibaut Paumard: > Package: gdb > Version: 7.6.1-1 > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] > > Dear Maintainer, > > gdb seems to be completely useless on s390x. I tried running it against > various executables (both buggy and sane). gdb seems to launch the > executable, however the subprocess doesn't seem to be doing anything. > gdb just gives a message, but it does not even seem to consider the > situation fatal and just seats there, apparently considering that the > subprocess is running faultlessly. Example session on "echo foo", notice > how "foo" is not echoed: > > ________________ GDB SESSION _______________________ > > (sid_s390x-dchroot)thibaut@zelenka:~$ gdb --args echo foo > GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.1 (Debian 7.6.1-1) > 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 "s390x-linux-gnu". > For bug reporting instructions, please see: > <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... > Reading symbols from /bin/echo...(no debugging symbols found)...done. > (gdb) run > Starting program: /bin/echo foo > Couldn't write registers: Invalid argument. > (gdb) bt > Target is executing. > (gdb) quit > A debugging session is active. > > Inferior 1 [process 18228] will be killed. > > Quit anyway? (y or n) y > (sid_s390x-dchroot)thibaut@zelenka:~$ > > ________________ END GDB SESSION _________________________ > > > Kind regards, Thibaut. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: jessie/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: s390x > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-s390x (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages gdb depends on: > ii gdbserver 7.6.1-1 > ii libc6 2.17-93 > ii libexpat1 2.1.0-4 > ii liblzma5 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2 > ii libncurses5 5.9+20130608-1 > ii libpython2.7 2.7.5-8 > ii libreadline6 6.2+dfsg-0.1 > ii libtinfo5 5.9+20130608-1 > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1 > > Versions of packages gdb recommends: > pn libc-dbg <none> > > Versions of packages gdb suggests: > pn gdb-doc <none> > > -- no debconf information > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
