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In <20v176INN7cl@gap.caltech.edu> sandberg@cco.caltech.edu (Steven William Sandberg) writes:
> I'm trying to install GDB on a 486 running a version of sysv4
>distributed by a company called esix.  It compiled although not very
>cleanly, but when I ran it, it crashed when I tried to start an inferior
>processes.

Whic version of GDB do you have?  Do you have Esix 4.0.3 or Esix
4.0.4?

I have compiled GDB 4.[89] on Esix 4.0.4 with absolutely no problems.
No compiler errors, no problems installing, no problems using, no
problems.

Please explain what ``not very cleanly'' means.  Statements like that
really have no meaning unless you show the compilation log to explain
the sort of errors you encountered.

>A call to their technical support revealed that they have no experience
>with gdb.  Does anyone know what might be the problem or have gdb running
>on an esix operating system?

Unfortuantely, the tech support people have very little experience
with GNU software.  *One* person there used to run an old version of
Emacs and really had no clue as to how to help get it running.  They
also use only stock, broken code direct from USL and make little
effort to fix blatant bugs.  Esix still provides a useful alternative
in that they do work on the device drivers for various peripherals and
have helped me out in that area several times.

/Joe