Recommended update for gdb

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1415-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gdb fixes the following issues:

  • Fix .debug_types problems. (bsc#1168394) This will solve a range loop index in find_method and will fix toplevel types when a program is compiled with -fdebug-types-section
  • Fix python 3.8 warning. (bsc#1169495) Fix incorrect use of 'is' operator for comparison in python/lib/gdb/command/prompt.py The 'is' operator is not meant to be used for comparisons
  • Fix build with gcc 10 improving endianess detection. (bsc#1169368)
  • Fix hang after SIGKILL

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-1415=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gdb-debuginfo-8.3.1-8.14.1
    • gdb-debugsource-8.3.1-8.14.1
    • gdb-8.3.1-8.14.1
    • gdbserver-8.3.1-8.14.1
    • gdbserver-debuginfo-8.3.1-8.14.1

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