Recommended update for gdb

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0445-1
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 contains one feature and has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gdb fixes the following issues:

  • Added support for official name of IBM s390 Arch13: z15.
  • Added descriptions for arch13 instructions. (jsc#SLE-7903)
  • Fixed build with gcc 10 [bsc#1158539, swo#24653].
  • Make fpc optional (bsc#1156284) as fpc requires itself for bootstrapping.
  • Fixed a debugging information problem with a forwarding array declaration (bsc#1146475)
  • Fixed that logging redirect doesn't work for user-defined command (bsc#1146167)

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-SP1-2020-445=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gdb-8.3.1-8.11.1
    • gdbserver-8.3.1-8.11.1
    • gdb-debugsource-8.3.1-8.11.1
    • gdb-debuginfo-8.3.1-8.11.1
    • gdbserver-debuginfo-8.3.1-8.11.1

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