[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/DEBUG,v

[Nick Roberts]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Nick Roberts <nickrob>  06/08/06 00:39:50

Index: DEBUG
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/etc/DEBUG,v
retrieving revision 1.41
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -b -r1.41 -r1.42
--- DEBUG       23 Jun 2006 18:14:57 -0000      1.41
+++ DEBUG       6 Aug 2006 00:39:50 -0000       1.42
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@
 The above commands also exist in a version with an `x' suffix which
 takes an object of the relevant type as argument.
 
+** Following longjmp call.
+
+Recent versions of glibc (2.4+?) encrypt stored values for setjmp/longjmp which
+prevents GDB from being able to follow a longjmp call using `next'.  To
+disable this protection you need to set the environment variable
+LD_POINTER_GUARD to 0.
+
 ** Using GDB in Emacs
 
 Debugging with GDB in Emacs offers some advantages over the command line (See