Bug#898048: gdb: Couldn't write extended state status: Bad address

2018-12-06 Thread JustAnotherArchivist
Dear all, I was now able to test my hypothesis that this is/was a bug in Linux that has been fixed since. Here's what I tried: 0. Under the old system, the test failed with the previously mentioned error message. To make sure it wasn't caused by some weird system state, I rebooted the

Bug#898048: gdb: Couldn't write extended state status: Bad address

2018-11-15 Thread JustAnotherArchivist
Dear Bill, dear Héctor, I am also experiencing this issue, and I may be able to narrow it down a bit further. Specifically, I have two different stretch machines, only one of which has this issue. The two machines are very similar in terms of software: one was last upgraded in early

Bug#898048: gdb: Couldn't write extended state status: Bad address

2018-05-06 Thread Bill Allombert
Package: gdb Version: 7.12-6 Severity: normal Dear Héctor, When using the print command to evaluate C code, gdb output "Couldn't write extended state status: Bad address" and get in a confused state. The attached script should allow to reproduce the bug. Breakpoint 1, doadd (a=2, b=4) at