>Number:         4589
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       gdb cannot start inferiors on pmax
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 27 18:05:00 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jonathan Stone
>Organization:
	
>Release:        NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA supoed on Nov 26, 1997.
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD Reno.DSG.Stanford.EDU 1.3_ALPHA NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA (GENERIC) #0: Sat Nov 22 16:32:51 PST 1997 jonathan@Reno.DSG.Stanford.EDU:/reno/compile/GENERIC pmax


>Description:

Start GDB on a statically-linked NetBSD/pmax binary with symbols.
This renders GDB useless for debugging live programs (as opposed to
debugging coredumps).  This didn't happen with the pre-``integration''
FSF gdb 4.16 sources and the mipsnat file from which I derived the
NetBSD 1.3 source.  It didn't seem to happen from GDB source built
just before the 1.3 branch was cut, either.

>How-To-Repeat:

Start GDB, as above. Try and start the debuggee running.
gdb reports that the debuggee gets a SIGTRAP at address 0x0.
continuing has no effect.



>Fix:

No workaround known.
Any help diagnosing or fixing this gratefully accepted.
>Audit-Trail:
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