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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #682286 +++

cmdline: gdb --interpreter=mi2 -quiet

How to reproduce
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1. Open KDevelop 4.1.2 (shipped with Fedora 14).
2. Create a C++ project (CMake) with a simple hello world-like code (needs at least 2 executable lines).
3. Place a breakpoint in an executable line.
4. Compile the project.
5. Debug the project.
6. When the execution reaches the breakpoint and stops, select 'Step Over' the statement.

GDB crashes at that point

--- Additional comment from jan.kratochvil on 2011-03-05 08:02:00 CET ---

I thought the archer-jankratochvil-vla branch has the unfinished types garbage collector disabled but it was enabled.  varobj (=MI) did not properly mark the types as still used and thus a freed memory access happened, I am sorry.
Disabled the garbage collector for now.

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It affects only MI - that is front ends like Eclipse.

devel_ack:
Fix - disable free_all_types():
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb-vla-gc-disable.patch;hb=f14/master

qa_ack: I will try to create a reproducer.

New testcase:
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=archer.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b20c7d74a7e132186e7d80525eae8ed08ca4d5b8

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GDB crashed when attempting to access dynamic types, such as variable length arrays, using the GDB/MI interface. GDB now no longer crashes under these circumstances.

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