cycle. People hope to have these problems fixed in a follow-on
release.
-(The names in paren indicate people that posted the original problem.)
-
---
-
-GDB requires GCC to build under IRIX
-
-IRIX, being more pedantic than GCC reports as errors certain
-assignments that GCC treats as warnings.
-
-This can be worked around by building GDB with the GCC compiler.
-
--
The BFD directory requires bug-fixed AUTOMAKE et.al.
--
-Possible regressions with some devel GCCs.
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00475.html
-
-gcc-2.95.2 outputs a line note *before* the prologue (and one for the
-closing brace after the epilogue, instead of before it, as it used to
-be). By disabling the RTL-style prologue generating mechanism
-(undocumented GCC option -mno-schedule-prologue), you get back the
-traditional behaviour.
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00510.html
-
-This should now be fixed.
-
---
-
RFD: infrun.c: No bpstat_stop_status call after proceed over break?
-(Peter Schauer)
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00665.html
GDB misses watchpoint triggers after proceeding over a breakpoint on
> It stops in a function that is defined as weak, not in the function
> that is actualy run...
+--
+
+GDB 5.0 doesn't work on Linux/SPARC
+
--
Code Cleanups: Next Release
--
-Purge PARAMS
+Purge PARAMS.
Eliminate all uses of PARAMS in GDB's source code.
--
-Elimination of make_cleanup_func. (Andrew Cagney)
+Fix copyright notices.
-make_cleanup_func elimination
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00791.html
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00814.html
+Turns out that ``1998-2000'' isn't considered valid :-(
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00467.html
--
- Code Cleanups: General
- ======================
+Find something better than DEFAULT_BFD_ARCH, DEFAULT_BFD_VEC to
+determine the default isa/byte-order.
-The following are more general cleanups and fixes. They are not tied
-to any specific release.
+--
+
+Rely on BFD_BIG_ENDIAN and BFD_LITTLE_ENDIAN instead of host dependant
+BIG_ENDIAN and LITTLE_ENDIAN.
--
-ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
+ Code Cleanups: General
+ ======================
-The need for this as almost been eliminated. The next version of GCC
-(assuming cagney gets the relevant patch committed) will be able to
-supress unused parameter warnings.
+The following are more general cleanups and fixes. They are not tied
+to any specific release.
--
Elimination of ``(catch_errors_ftype *) func''.
Like make_cleanup_func it isn't portable.
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00791.html
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00814.html
+
--
Updated readline
-Readline 4.? is out. A merge wouldn't hurt.
+Readline 4.? is out. A merge wouldn't hurt. Patches are in:
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00436.html
+
+--
+
+Deprecate "fg". Apparently ``fg'' is actually continue.
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00417.html
+
+--
+
+Deprecate current use of ``floatformat_unknown''.
+
+Require all targets to explicitly provide their float format instead
+of defaulting to floatformat unknown. Doing the latter leads to nasty
+bugs.
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00447.html
+
+--
+
+Rationalize floatformat_to_double() vs floatformat_to_doublest().
+
+Looks like GDB migrated floatformat_to_double() to libiberty but then
+turned around and created a ..._to_doublest() the latter containing
+several bug fixes.
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00472.html
+
+--
+
+Move floatformat_ia64_ext to libiberty/include floatformat.[ch].
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00466.html
+
+--
+
+Follow through `make check' with --enable-shared.
+
+When the srcware tree is configured with --enable-shared, the `expect'
+program won't run properly. Jim Wilson found out gdb has a local hack
+to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but, AFAIK, no other project has been hacked
+similarly.
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00845.html
+
+--
+
+The ``maintenance deprecate set endian big'' command doesn't notice
+that it is deprecating ``set endian'' and not ``set endian big'' (big
+is implemented using an enum). Is anyone going to notice this?
+
+--
+
+When tab expanding something like ``set arch<tab>'' ignore the
+deprecated ``set archdebug'' and expand to ``set architecture''.
+
+--
+
+Eliminate ``arm_register_names[j] = (char *) regnames[j]'' and the
+like from arm-tdep.c.
+
+--
+
+Fix uses of ->function.cfunc = set_function().
+
+The command.c code calls sfunc() when a set command. Rather than
+change it suggest fixing the callback function so that it is more
+useful. See:
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-06/msg00062.html
+
+See also ``Fix implementation of ``target xxx''.'' below.
+
+--
+
+IRIX 3.x support is probably broken.
--
See also sub-directory configure below.
+The current convention is (kind of) to use $(<header>_h) in all
+dependency lists. It isn't done in a consistent way.
+
--
Cleanup configury support for optional sub-directories.
--
+Document ui-out and ui-file.
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-04/msg00121.html
+
+--
+
+Update texinfo.tex to latest?
+
+
+
+--
+
+Incorporate agentexpr.texi into gdb.texinfo
+
+agentexpr.texi mostly describes the details of the byte code used for
+tracepoints, not the internals of the support for this in GDB. So it
+looks like gdb.texinfo is a better place for this information.
+
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00566.html
+
+--
+
Document overlay machinery.
--
--
+Change the (char *list[]) to (const char (*)[]) so that dynamic lists can
+be passed.
+
+--
+
+When tab expanding something like ``set arch<tab>'' ignore the
+deprecated ``set archdebug'' and expand to ``set architecture''.
+
+--
+
Replace the code that uses the host FPU with an emulator of the target
FPU.
Re: Various C++ things
-value_headof/value_from_vtable_info are worthless, and should be removed.
-The one place in printcmd.c that uses it should use the RTTI functions.
+value_headof/value_from_vtable_info are worthless, and should be
+removed. The one place in printcmd.c that uses it should use the RTTI
+functions.
-RTTI for g++ should be using the typeinfo functions rather than the vtables.
-The typeinfo functions are always at offset 4 from the beginning of the vtable,
-and are always right. The vtables will have weird names like E::VB sometimes.
-The typeinfo function will always be "E type_info function", or somesuch.
+RTTI for g++ should be using the typeinfo functions rather than the
+vtables. The typeinfo functions are always at offset 4 from the
+beginning of the vtable, and are always right. The vtables will have
+weird names like E::VB sometimes. The typeinfo function will always
+be "E type_info function", or somesuch.
-value_virtual_fn_field needs to be fixed so there are no failures for virtual
-functions for C++ using g++.
+value_virtual_fn_field needs to be fixed so there are no failures for
+virtual functions for C++ using g++.
-Testsuite cases are the major priority right now for C++ support, since i have
-to make a lot of changes that could potentially break each other.
+Testsuite cases are the major priority right now for C++ support,
+since i have to make a lot of changes that could potentially break
+each other.
--
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00237.html
+--
+
+Resolve how to scale things to support very large packets.
+
+--
+
+Resolve how to handle a target that changes things like its endianess
+on the fly - should it be returned in the ``T'' packet?
+
+Underlying problem is that the register file is target endian. If the
+target endianess changes gdb doesn't know.
+
--
Symbol Support
Consequence of recent symtab clarification. No marks for figuring out
who maintains the MIPS.
+--
+
+ Testsuite Support
+ =================
+
+There are never to many testcases.
+
+--
+
+Better thread testsuite.
+
+--
+
+Better C++ testsuite.
+
+--
+
+Look at adding a GDB specific testsuite directory so that white box
+tests of key internals can be added (eg ui_file).
+
+--
+
+Separate out tests that involve the floating point (FP).
+
+(Something for people brining up new targets). FP and non-fp tests
+are combined. I think there should be set of basic tests that
+exercise pure integer support and then a more expanded set that
+exercise FP and FP/integer interactions.
+
+As an example, the MIPS, for n32 as problems with passing FP's and
+structs. Since most inferior call tests include FP it is difficult to
+determine of the integer tests are ok.
+
--
Architectural Changes: General
--
-Fix ``set architecture <tab>''
+Fix target_signal_from_host() etc.
-This command should expand to a list of all supported architectures.
-At present ``info architecture'' needs to be used. That is simply
-wrong. It involves the use of add_set_enum_cmd().
+The name is wrong for starters. ``target_signal'' should probably be
+``gdb_signal''. ``from_host'' should be ``from_target_signal''.
+After that it needs to be multi-arched and made independant of any
+host signal numbering.
--
--
+Make MIPS pure multi-arch.
+
+It is only at the multi-arch enabled stage.
+
+--
+
Truly multi-arch.
Enable the code to recognize --enable-targets=.... like BINUTILS does.
Extra ui_file methods - dump.
-These are for debugging / testing. An aside is to set up a whitebox
-testsuite for key internals such as ui_file.
+Very useful for whitebox testing.
--
handles the correct output well. It doesn't resolve what to do with
output / error-messages when things go wrong.
+--
+
+do_setshow_command contains a 1024 byte buffer.
+
+The function assumes that there will never be any more than 1024 bytes
+of enum. It should use mem_file.
+
+--
+
+Should struct cmd_list_element . completer take the command as an
+argument?
+
+--
+
+Should the bulk of top.c:line_completion_function() be moved to
+command.[hc]? complete_on_cmdlist() and complete_on_enums() could
+then be made private.
+
+--
+
+top.c (execute_command): Should a command being valid when the target
+is running be made an attribute (predicate) to the command rather than
+an explicit set of tests.
+
+--
+
+top.c (execute_command): Should the bulk of this function be moved
+into command.[hc] so that top.c doesn't grub around in the command
+internals?
+
--
Architectural Change: Async
for that command. Other changes such as making ``struct command''
opaque may also help.
+See also:
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-06/msg00062.html
+
--
Make "target xxx" command interruptible.
--
+ TODO FAQ
+ ========
+
+Frequently requested but not approved requests.
+
+--
+
+Eliminate unused argument warnings using ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED.
+
+The benefits on this one are thought to be marginal - GDBs design
+means that unused parameters are very common. GCC 3.0 will also
+include the option -Wno-unused-parameter which means that ``-Wall
+-Wno-unused-parameters -Werror'' can be specified.
+
+--
+
+
+
Legacy Wish List
================
Make single_step() insert and remove breakpoints in one operation.
+[If this is talking about having single_step() insert the breakpoints,
+run the target then pull the breakpoints then it is wrong. The
+function has to return as control has to eventually be passed back to
+the main event loop.]
+
--
Speed up single stepping by avoiding extraneous ptrace calls.
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