>Number:         23486
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       -current gdb no longer works with emacs
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 19 14:40:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andreas Gustafsson
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6ZE
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD guava.araneus.fi 1.6ZE NetBSD 1.6ZE (GUAVA) #0: Sun Nov 2 11:03:16 PST 2003 gson@guava.araneus.fi:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GUAVA i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

Since the integration of gdb 5.3 into the base system, gdb no longer
functions when run under the emacs M-x gdb command.

>How-To-Repeat:

 - Install emacs from pkgsrc.

 - Start emacs by typing "emacs".

 - Type the emacs command M-x gdb <return>.

 - At the prompt "Run gdb (like this):", edit the response to
   "/usr/bin/gdb /bin/sh" and press return (this will attempt to debug
   /bin/sh, but any target program will do).

 - At the (gdb) prompt, type "help" and press return.

 - Notice that no help is printed, just a new prompt.

>Fix:

Not known.  As a workaround, use the pkgsrc gdb instead.
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