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diff --git a/gdb/PROBLEMS b/gdb/PROBLEMS index 9ffea60be61..4c460d6eb80 100644 --- a/gdb/PROBLEMS +++ b/gdb/PROBLEMS @@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ i386-*-freebsd[34]* There is a bug (bin/41671) in FreeBSD's gcc that causes it to emit bad debug information when using the stabs format (which is the default). -In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather limited, but -starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more prominent. +As a result GDB tends to place breakpoints on functions before the +function prologue, and information about function parameters and local +variables is lost. In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather +limited, but starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more +prominent. As a workaround, compile your code with -gdwarf-2. hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20 |