+++ Jeffrey Walton [2015-09-21 00:26 -0400]: > Hi Everyone, > > We took a bug report from a Debain maintainer under Debian's X32 > environment (https://wiki.debian.org/X32Port). Our bugs triggered some > Debian bugs as we worked through some of the issues. > > One of the issues we encountered was GDB's inability to debug a C++ > program. It was reported at > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=799556. > > I'm trying to tidy it up, but https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer > and its email control messages are not very helpful. > > At this point, I *think* I need to perform 3 tasks, with an optional 4th task: > > (1) add the "port-x32" tag or category to the report because the > fellow writing the X32 wiki page appears to monitor it (see Bug > Reports at the end of https://wiki.debian.org/X32Port).
> (2) add the BTS "upstream" tag because the bug satisfies the condition > "This bug applies to the upstream part of the package" per > https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer. > > (3) add the BTS "patch" tag because the fix satisfies the condition "A > patch or some other easy procedure for fixing the bug" per > https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer. bts tag 799556 + port-x32 patch upstream (install devscripts ifyou don't have the 'bts' command) This does need to be rnu on a machine where email works. > (4) it would probably be helpful to other X32 developers to ensure the > new GDB is built and made available. Prepare a patch so that it is easy for the maintainer to apply it and upload. File it in the bug. Then just wait till the maintainer uploads a new version with your patch. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Debian, Wookware, ARM http://wookware.org/
