Re: Bug in bit fields / gdb & large struct/union

[Jim Blandy]

"Donald Gillies" <address@hidden> writes:
> In gdb (4.18) and with gcc (2.9.5), i cannot change the
> values of a bit field variable embedded in an elaborate struct/union
> with the gdb debugger.  The debugger gladly accepts it when i try to
> change the bit field, but i think it's secretly writing the data to
> the wrong location in memory (see below).

This is an ancient version of GDB.  You can get a newer one from
sources.redhat.com, or from any GNU mirror.