HP WDB 5.8 Release Notes

• GDB does not print the type of nested template class.
• WDB register tab does not display several registers that have a value of NaT.
• WDB does not show NaT in FP register during core dump analysis.
• Applications with custom allocator crashes when set heap-check on
• GDB displays error on printing floating point registers.
• GDB is unable to print formal and local variables for C++ applications that are heavy with
inline functions.
• GDB is unable to print TLS variables on Integrity systems.
• GDB does not display value of high-mem-count for show heap-check command.
• GDB does not display correct message about the allocation context on info corruption
command.
• The info leak command on a 32 bit librtc returns errors as pointers.
• GDB does not issue a warning message when it is unable to perform thread-check.
• GDB fails to retrieve debug info for some variables with correct DWARF emission.
• GDB crashes on info type command when wrong DWARF entries are emitted.
• GDB does not print a local variable correctly with a gcc(4.1.2 and later) compiled executable.
• GDB cannot place breakpoints in F90 applications compiled with +U77.
• GDB fails to call a method on an object referenced through a typedef pointer in debugging
a C++ code.
• GDB displays inconsistencies in evaluation of expressions.
• The stepi command fails to print disassembly for optimized code.
• GDB is not consistent in printing branch targets in hex for disassembled output.
• The application crashes in command line calls within GDB.
• GDB displays incorrect allocation stack trace after dlclose and subsequent dlopen in both
interactive and batch mode RTC.
NOTE: This fix is not available for PA32.
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
Following are some notes, cautions, and warnings related to WDB 5.8:
• The Run Time Checking feature (Interactive and Batch Mode) of WDB cannot be used with
applications that redefine or override the default system-supplied versions of the standard
library routines (under libc.[sl|so] and libdld.[sl|so]).
Table 1 lists the dependent library routines for Run Time Checking using HP WDB.
Table 1 Dependent Library Routines for Run Time Checking using WDB
clock_gettimechdiratoiabort
strstruwx_register_callbacksctimecreat
writeuwx_get_regU_STACK_TRACEdlhook
fopenfcloseexitexecl
getenvgetcwdfscanffprintf
openmemchrlseekgetpid
putenvpthread_selfrandprintf
shl_unloadshl_loadshl_get_rshl_findsym
strcasecmpsscanfsrandsprintf
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