Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 11:23:34 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: GDB gives SIGFPE for program using 387 emulator
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On 4 Apr 1996, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> I recall reading something about this. Apparently the gee--er--guy that
> wrote GDB didn't include provisions in it for floating point. In other
> words GDB itself doesn't have emu387 or anything similar in its own code.
> The posting I saw said you had to fall back on good ol' edebug32.

Please, if you are not sure, don't post untested and unverified replies.  
The issue is complicated already to make people confused, let's not 
confuse them any more than necessary, OK?

The correct answer and the way to debug FP programs (with GDB!) on a 
machine which lack FP hardware can be found in section 12.7 of the FAQ.