Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:31:25 +0100 (MET)
From: Robert Hoehne <robert DOT hoehne AT gmx DOT net>
To: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: objdump 2.7 crash
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On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> The objdump from Binutils 2.7 crashed on me today. Here's the specifics:
> 
[snip]
> Okay, the big question: Does it still happen with objdump 2.8.1?  I don't
> know. I only have 2.7, and I don't have FTP to get 2.8.1 and find out. If
> anybody reproduces this, or investigates it further, I'd like to know. I'm
> not sure if this is a GNU bug or one specific to DJGPP, and I also don't
> know if perhaps it's been fixed.

This problem is well known to me (I got it also). And it is definitely
a GNU bug but I don't know exact now, if it is fixed in 2.8.1 but
as far as I remember it should be fixed (or at least it crashes not so
often).

I cannot say where exactly the bug is (in binutils or in gcc) because
at least gcc has a bug (which I have posted to the g++ bug list) which
produces wrong stabs under special situations.

Robert
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