bug#5712: 23.1.94; gdb freeze

[Stefan Monnier]

>> This is the first time I use gdb from within Emacs so I am not sure if I
>> am following the right practice. But it is so easy to trigger this that
>> I think it might be a bug.
>> 
>> 1. emacs -Q
>> 2. M-x gdb
>> 3. type in whatever string (in my case I use att hoping it will complete
>> to attach) and then hit TAB
>> 4. emacs freezes although I can hit C-g to get it back
>> 
>> If I run gdb in the console, it does the completion correctly.
>> 
>> 
>> In GNU Emacs 23.1.94.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0 
>> AppKit 1038.25)
>                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> configured using `configure  '--prefix=/usr/local/unix/emacs' '--with-mac''
>                                                                 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> We don't support such toolkits and options, this version of emacs does
> not come from here, this is not the proper place to report bugs in
> such a version.   So this bug can be closed.

Actually, this looks like a known problem with Apple's GDB which uses
inconsistent EOLs somewhere, IIRC.  If Leo could try to use install the
vanilla GDB (rather than Apple's version), we could probably confirm it.


        Stefan