* PROBLEMS: Clarify problems with FreeBSD's compiler and suggest

workaround.

gdb/ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-08-24  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
 
+	* PROBLEMS: Clarify problems with FreeBSD's compiler and suggest
+	workaround.
+
 	* valprint.c (print_longest) [CC_HAS_LONG_LONG &&
 	PRINTF_HAS_LONG_LONG]: Cast val_long to (long long) or (unsigned
 	long long) to prevent compiler warning on 64-bit systems.

gdb/PROBLEMS

@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ i386-*-freebsd[34]*
 
 There is a bug (bin/41671) in FreeBSD's gcc that causes it to emit bad
 debug information when using the stabs format (which is the default).
-In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather limited, but
-starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more prominent.
+As a result GDB tends to place breakpoints on functions before the
+function prologue, and information about function parameters and local
+variables is lost.  In earlier versions of GDB the effects were rather
+limited, but starting with GDB 5.3 the influence is much more
+prominent.  As a workaround, compile your code with -gdwarf-2.
 
 
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