Re: GDB on AIX 4.3.3 cores dump

[David Edelsohn]

>>>>> Alex  writes:

Alex> I am trying to use gdb to debug C++ application built using xlC_r
Alex> compiler of VisualAge 5.0.
Alex> We are running AIX 4.3.3 on RS6000 box.
Alex> I have built latest gdb 5.1 and it cores dump as soon as I try to load
Alex> my application .
Alex> I also tried the gdb which comes with IBM linux toolbox, with the same
Alex> result.
Alex> Interestingly enough, gdb is able to debug itself.
Alex> What can be wrong?

        As I mentioned in reply to your other newsgroup posting of this
question, while GDB should not crash, it cannot debug xlC/VAC++ because
GDB expects G++ name mangling and C++ ABI.

David
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