Comment # 8 on bug 905082 from
(In reply to S J from comment #7)
> I have had the same problem - no debugging info (frame stack backtrace) in
> kdevelop after upgrading to gdb v. 7.8 (this was part of 13.2 auto upgrade
> and not result of me tinkering with unstable packages).
> 
> As I was able to determine, the problem comes from missing script
> gdb-heap.py which appears to be the required part of the new gdb 7.8
> installation, whithout which gdb is unable to parse backtrace into kdevelop.
> Attempting to install gdb-heap.py from Fedora repositories (source of new
> gdb) creates additional problems as it requires higher version glibc than
> used in SUSE 13.2.
> 
> Therefore, I was able to fix the problem by deleting gdb 7.8 and manually
> forcing installation of gdb v. 7.6.50 from SUSE 13.1 repository. I see it as
> best solution until gdb 7.8 is properly configured within the SUSE
> repository. 
> 
> Hope this helps. If someone is brave enough to upgrade all libraries to
> those required by gdb-heap.py, please let me know how it went.

It's by no means required.  You can try removing /etc/gdbinit and see if it
works then (or just remove the gdb-heap.py entry in it).


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