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Homebrew formula of GDB with patch for OS X Yosemite. Only gdb 7.7 version works fine on OS X without any errors.
require "formula"
class UniversalBrewedPython < Requirement
satisfy { archs_for_command("python").universal? }
def message; <<-EOS.undent
A build of GDB using a brewed Python was requested, but Python is not
a universal build.
GDB requires Python to be built as a universal binary or it will fail
if attempting to debug a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit host.
EOS
end
end
class Gdb < Formula
homepage "http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/"
url "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gdb/gdb-7.7.1.tar.gz"
mirror "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-7.7.1.tar.gz"
sha1 "bb49bdb5781ea62ccdc2ec6869872e1b43168572"
if MacOS.version >= "10.10"
patch :DATA
end
depends_on "readline"
if build.with? "brewed-python"
depends_on UniversalBrewedPython
end
option "with-brewed-python", "Use the Homebrew version of Python"
option "with-version-suffix", "Add a version suffix to program"
def install
args = [
"--prefix=#{prefix}",
"--disable-debug",
"--disable-dependency-tracking",
"--with-system-readline"
]
if build.with? "brewed-python"
args << "--with-python=#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}"
else
args << "--with-python=/usr"
end
if build.with? "version-suffix"
args << "--program-suffix=-#{version.to_s.slice(/^\d/)}"
end
system "./configure", *args
system "make"
system "make", "install"
# Remove conflicting items with binutils
rm_rf include
rm_rf lib
rm_rf share/"locale"
# Conflicts with other GNU packages
rm_f info/"standards.info"
end
def caveats; <<-EOS.undent
gdb requires special privileges to access Mach ports.
You will need to codesign the binary. For instructions, see:
http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/BuildingOnDarwin
EOS
end
end
__END__
diff --git a/gdb/darwin-nat.c b/gdb/darwin-nat.c
index a21bb0f..3144dd4 100644
--- a/gdb/darwin-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/darwin-nat.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <sys/signal.h>
-#include <machine/setjmp.h>
+#include <setjmp.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
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This is to install gdb 7.7 version.
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.7.1

for anyone who ends up here and has no idea.
I don't know if this is the "proper" way to do it, but it worked for me:

I hit the "raw" button at the top and then copied the URL and pasted it into my terminal:
$ brew install "the_URL_you_copied"

I hope this helps
and thank you so much for writing this code, worked like a charm, once i found out how :-D

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codesigned using this - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13913818/how-to-get-a-codesigned-gdb-on-osx

After creating the certificate as described in the above link , do the below
codesign -f -s "gdb-cert" /usr/local/bin/gdb

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