- obsolete file

[packages/gdb.git] / gdb-6.8-bz436037-reg-no-longer-active.patch

diff -d -urpN src.0/gdb/valops.c src.1/gdb/valops.c
--- src.0/gdb/valops.c	2008-07-27 04:00:03.000000000 +0200
+++ src.1/gdb/valops.c	2008-07-31 15:17:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -813,10 +813,18 @@ value_assign (struct value *toval, struc
 	struct frame_info *frame;
 	int value_reg;
 
-	/* Figure out which frame this is in currently.  */
-	frame = frame_find_by_id (VALUE_FRAME_ID (toval));
 	value_reg = VALUE_REGNUM (toval);
 
+	/* Figure out which frame this is in currently.  */
+	frame = frame_find_by_id (VALUE_FRAME_ID (toval));
+	/* "set $reg+=1" should work on programs with no debug info,
+	   but frame_find_by_id returns NULL here (RH bug 436037).
+	   Use current frame, it represents CPU state in this case.
+	   If frame_find_by_id is changed to do it internally
+	   (it is contemplated there), remove this.  */
+	if (!frame)
+	  frame = get_current_frame ();
+	/* Probably never happens.  */
 	if (!frame)
 	  error (_("Value being assigned to is no longer active."));