Fedora 14 Update: gdb-7.2-23.fc14

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-16348
2010-10-15 04:05:25
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Name        : gdb
Product     : Fedora 14
Version     : 7.2
Release     : 23.fc14
URL         : http://gnu.org/software/gdb/
Summary     : A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Java and other languages
Description :
GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++,
Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion
and printing their data.

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Update Information:

Workaround librpm BZ 643031 due to its unexpected exit() calls (BZ 642879).
Fix crash on CTRL-C while reading an ELF symbol file (BZ 642879).

Fix false warning: non-absolute filename: <the main exec. file> (BZ 640648).
Use .gdb_index v3 to fix excessive resources rqmnts (BZ 640634, Tom Tromey).
Fix python stale error state, also fix its save/restore (BZ 639089).
Fix inferior exec of new PIE x86_64 (BZ 638979).

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ChangeLog:

* Thu Oct 14 2010 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 7.2-23.fc14
- Workaround librpm BZ 643031 due to its unexpected exit() calls (BZ 642879).
- Fix crash on CTRL-C while reading an ELF symbol file (BZ 642879).
* Tue Oct 12 2010 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 7.2-22.fc14
- testsuite: Provide missing lib/gdb-python.exp (for BZ 639089).
* Tue Oct 12 2010 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 7.2-21.fc14
- Fix python stale error state, also fix its save/restore (BZ 639089).
- Fix inferior exec of new PIE x86_64 (BZ 638979).
* Tue Oct 12 2010 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 7.2-20.fc14
- Fixup Release for 20.fc14.
* Tue Oct 12 2010 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 7.2-19.fc14
- Use .gdb_index v3 to fix excessive resources rqmnts (BZ 640634, Tom Tromey).
* Wed Oct  6 2010 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 7.2-18.fc14
- Fix false warning: non-absolute filename: <the main exec. file> (BZ 640648).
* Thu Sep 30 2010 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> - 7.2-17.fc14
- New Conflicts: elfutils < 0.149 due to the .gdb_index .debug support.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #642879 - Crash on CTRL-C by ELF stale reference
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642879
  [ 2 ] Bug #640648 - Ignoring non-absolute filename: <the main executable file>
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640648
  [ 3 ] Bug #640634 - gdb is too resource hungry
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640634
  [ 4 ] Bug #639089 - gdb-heap installation breaks gdb.base/charset.exp: print the null character in ASCII
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639089
  [ 5 ] Bug #638979 - `set follow-fork-mode child' fails on sshd (PIE?)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638979
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