Re: 3.3.8 fails on SW8.1

[Arnaud Desitter]

Hi,

You should use gcc 3.x to compile ddd 3.3.8.
Regards,

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Toxen" <bob@verysecurelinux.com>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.debugging.ddd.bugs
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 7:34 AM
Subject: 3.3.8 fails on SW8.1


> I utterly love DDD and think that it's the best use of GUI technology
> that I've ever seen (and I don't usually like GUI programs).  I even
> mentioned it in my book, Real World Linux Security.
>
> However, DDD 3.3.8 does not compile on my stock Slackware 8.1 system.
>
> The configure script can determine that it's a Slackware system by the
> presence of the /etc/slackware-version file.  On SW8.1 its contents are:
>
>      Slackware 8.1
>
> There is a conflict between the SW file:
>
>
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-slackware-linux/2.95.3/../../../../include/g++-3/strin
g
>
> when compiling the file ddd.C:
>
> make[2]: Entering directory `/root/tarballs/ddd-3.3.8/ddd'
> source='ddd.C' object='ddd.o' libtool=no \
> depfile='.deps/ddd.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/ddd.TPo' \
> depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../depcomp \
> g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I./.. -isystem
/X11/include     -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -Wall -W -trigraphs  -c -o ddd.o `test -f
'ddd.C' || echo './'`ddd.C
> In file included from ddd.h:36,
>                  from ddd.C:138:
> strclass.h:454: conflicting types for `struct string'
>
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-slackware-linux/2.95.3/../../../../include/g++-3/strin
g:9: previous declaration as `typedef class
basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<true,0>
> string'
> strclass.h: In method `class string & string::operator =(ostringstream
&)':
> strclass.h:1143: no matching function for call to `string::string
(string)'
> strclass.h:574: candidates are: string::string(int)
> strclass.h:946:                 string::string()
> strclass.h:953:                 string::string(const string &)
> strclass.h:974:                 string::string(const subString &)
> strclass.h:981:                 string::string(const constSubString &)
> strclass.h:960:                 string::string(const char *)
> strclass.h:967:                 string::string(const char *, int)
> strclass.h:988:                 string::string(char)
> strclass.h:585:                 string::string(ostringstream &)
> strclass.h:1144: no matching function for call to `string::c_str () const'
> make[2]: *** [ddd.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/tarballs/ddd-3.3.8/ddd'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/tarballs/ddd-3.3.8/ddd'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>
> ======================================================================
>
> It seems to have the same problem on RH7.3 (my other standard platform):
>
> make[2]: Entering directory `/cavu2/home/bob/monitoring/ddd-3.3.8/ddd'
> cat ./host.h.in | \
> sed "s%@HOST_CANONICAL@%i686-pc-linux-gnu%" | \
> sed "s%@TARGET_CANONICAL@%i686-pc-linux-gnu%" | \
>     cat > host.h~ && mv host.h~ host.h
> cat ./root.h.in | \
> sed "s%@ROOT@%/usr/local/share/ddd-3.3.8%" | \
> sed "s%@ALT_ROOT@%/usr/local/share/ddd%" | \
>     cat > root.h~ && mv root.h~ root.h
> source='ddd.C' object='ddd.o' libtool=no \
> depfile='.deps/ddd.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/ddd.TPo' \
> depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../depcomp \
> g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I./.. -isystem
r/X11R6/include    -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -Wall -W -trigraphs  -c -o ddd.o `test -f
'ddd.C' || echo './'`ddd.C
> In file included from ddd.h:36,
>                  from ddd.C:138:
> strclass.h:454: conflicting types for `struct string'
> /usr/include/g++-3/string:9: previous declaration as `typedef class
> basic_string<char, string_char_traits<char>,
> __default_alloc_template<true, 0> > string'
> strclass.h:553: conflicting types for `struct string'
> strclass.h:454: previous declaration as `class string'
> strclass.h: In method `const char *subString::chars () const':
> strclass.h:919: invalid use of undefined type `class string'
> strclass.h:454: forward declaration of `class string'
> strclass.h: In method `const char *constSubString::chars () const':
> strclass.h:923: invalid use of undefined type `class string'
> strclass.h:454: forward declaration of `class string'
> strclass.h: At top level:
> strclass.h:1018: no `subString::subString (string &, int, int)' member
> function declared in class `subString'
> strclass.h: In method `subString::subString (string &, int, int)':
> strclass.h:1018: could not convert `x' to `string &'
> strclass.h:513: prior parameter's size depends on `subString *const
> this'
> strclass.h:513: prior parameter's size depends on `subString *const
> this'
> strclass.h: At top level:
> strclass.h:1027: no `constSubString::constSubString (const string &,
> int, int)' member function declared in class `constSubString'
> strclass.h: In method `constSubString::constSubString (const string &,
> int, int)':
> strclass.h:1027: could not convert `x' to `const string &'
> strclass.h:468: prior parameter's size depends on `constSubString
> *const this'
> strclass.h:468: prior parameter's size depends on `constSubString
> *const this'
> strclass.h: In method `string &string::operator= (ostringstream &)':
> strclass.h:1143: could not convert `ostringstream(1,
> (&stringstreambase::str()), 2)' to `ostringstream &'
> strclass.h:585: in passing argument 1 of `string::string (ostringstream
> &)'
> strclass.h:1144: no matching function for call to `string::c_str ()
> const'
> strclass.h: At top level:
> strclass.h:1216: no `subString &subString::operator= (const string &)'
> member function declared in class `subString'
> In file included from ddd.h:36,
>                  from ddd.C:138:
> strclass.h: In method `subString &subString::operator= (const string
> &)':
> strclass.h:523: prior parameter's size depends on `subString *const
> this'
> strclass.h:523: prior parameter's size depends on `subString *const
> this'
> strclass.h: In method `subString &subString::operator= (const subString
> &)':
> strclass.h:1222: invalid use of undefined type `class string'
> strclass.h:454: forward declaration of `class string'
> strclass.h: In method `bool subString::contains (const char *) const':
> strclass.h:1803: invalid use of undefined type `class string'
> strclass.h:454: forward declaration of `class string'
> strclass.h: In method `bool constSubString::contains (char *) const':
> strclass.h:1808: invalid use of undefined type `class string'
> strclass.h:454: forward declaration of `class string'
> strclass.h: At top level:
> strclass.h:1812: no `bool constSubString::contains (const string &)
> const' member function declared in class `constSubString'
> strclass.h: In method `bool constSubString::contains (const string &)
> const':
> strclass.h:1813: invalid use of undefined type `class string'
> strclass.h:454: forward declaration of `class string'
> strclass.h: In method `bool constSubString::contains (const
> constSubString &) const':
> strclass.h:1818: invalid use of undefined type `class string'
> strclass.h:454: forward declaration of `class string'
> strclass.h: In method `bool constSubString::contains (char) const':
> strclass.h:1823: invalid use of undefined type `class string'
> strclass.h:454: forward declaration of `class string'
> strclass.h: In method `subString string::_substr (int, int)':
> strclass.h:2036: no matching function for call to `subString::subString
> (string &, int, int)'
> strclass.h:513: candidates are: subString::subString (string &, int,
> int)
> strclass.h:1016:                 subString::subString (const subString
> &)
> strclass.h:2038: no matching function for call to `subString::subString
> (string &, int &, int &)'
> strclass.h:513: candidates are: subString::subString (string &, int,
> int)
> strclass.h:1016:                 subString::subString (const subString
> &)
> strclass.h: In method `constSubString string::_substr (int, int)
> const':
> strclass.h:2044: no matching function for call to
> `constSubString::constSubString (string &, int, int)'
> strclass.h:468: candidates are: constSubString::constSubString (const
> string &, int, int)
> strclass.h:1023:                 constSubString::constSubString (const
> constSubString &)
> strclass.h:1025:                 constSubString::constSubString (const
> subString &)
> strclass.h:2046: no matching function for call to
> `constSubString::constSubString (const string &, int &, int &)'
> strclass.h:468: candidates are: constSubString::constSubString (const
> string &, int, int)
> strclass.h:1023:                 constSubString::constSubString (const
> constSubString &)
> strclass.h:1025:                 constSubString::constSubString (const
> subString &)
> make[2]: *** [ddd.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/cavu2/home/bob/monitoring/ddd-3.3.8/ddd'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/cavu2/home/bob/monitoring/ddd-3.3.8/ddd'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>
> ======================================================================
>
> 3.3.7 fails on each platform similarly.  Very disappointing.
>
> ======================================================================
>
> 3.3.1 builds and runs successfully on RH7.3.
>
> However, 3.3.1 (and 3.1.3) has a bug in that they do not check the
> return code from ptrace() for errors.  I have created a no_ptrace()
> kernel loadable module to block the invocation of ptrace() on Production
> systems, including my main development system, due to the recent security
> bugs found in ptrace().  When I tried to use DDD to debug a program I
> forgot about the no_ptrace().
>
> DDD allowed me to set breakpoints without complaint.  However, when I ran
> the program under test none of the breakpoints interrupted execution.
> In other words, it did not detect that ptrace() was return an error
> and not alerting the user.  Perhaps this is a bug in gdb instead.
>
> Best regards,
>
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