Recommended update for gdb

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for gdb
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1402-1
Rating: moderate
References: #970589 #971556 #976404
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for gdb fixes the following issues:

    - GDB fails to attach to multi-threaded processes on the s390x
    architecture. (bsc#976404, bsc#970589)
    - GDB could terminate with a segmentation fault when printing values from
    binaries built with some non-standard build options. (bsc#971556)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-gdb-12577=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-gdb-12577=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-gdb-12577=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • gdbserver-7.9.1-8.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x):
      • gdb-32bit-7.9.1-8.2
      • gdbserver-32bit-7.9.1-8.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • gdbserver-x86-7.9.1-8.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • gdb-7.9.1-8.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • gdb-x86-7.9.1-8.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • gdb-debuginfo-7.9.1-8.2
      • gdb-debugsource-7.9.1-8.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x):
      • gdb-debuginfo-32bit-7.9.1-8.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • gdb-debuginfo-x86-7.9.1-8.2

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