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From: bothner@sevenlayer.cs.wisc.edu (Per Bothner)
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Subject: [comp.sys.dec] Re: GDB working on DEC 3100 machines?
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Date: 28 Jun 90 03:25:59 GMT
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I recommend *not* getting pgdb.diff.Z,
but the newer gdb-3.5-mips-diffs.Z (which is relative to gdb 3.5).

More details:
Patches to make gdb 3.5 run on a DECstation (and probably
other MIPS-based machines) are available by anonymous FTP
from pokey.cs.wisc.edu in pub/gdb-3.5-mips-diffs.Z.
(A copy is also on gatekeeper.dec.com.)
They are in diff-form, without context (minor slip-up),
so patch cannot figure out the correct file to patch.
(You have to specify the filenaem, which should be
obvious from patch's prompting. You also have to
pre-create (with 'touch') the new mips-specific files.)
There are minor problems, but it works reasonably well.
I may or may not get around to working on it again;
if so, I will announce it on gnu.gdb,bug.
Gdb 4.0 will have mips support bundled in, though it
may be based on a different port.

	--Per Bothner
bothner@cs.wisc.edu Computer Sciences Dept, U. of Wisconsin-Madison