Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/09/10/17:36:19
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Christopher Faylor
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 10:27:10PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen
> (garbage mail) wrote:
> >> Also, the problems.html page is surely the wrong place for a tutorial
> >> for how to debug the cygwin DLL. A hyperlink to a page which talked
> >> about this, with a caveat about this being only for the technically
> >> savvy, would be fine. But I'm not going to write it. Volunteers?
> >
> > Well, there needn't be a _tutorial_ on debugging. Maybe just a link to a
> >good starting point for understanding gdb/ddd/insight and their
> usage - for
> >beginners [1].
> > Non-beginners often need just a few words... these words should be added
> >though - time permitting, as always.
>
> I think you are missing my point. I do not want a problems page to be
> littered with a "and here's how you debug cygwin" or here's where to
> find debuggers. That would be daunting to people who are already
> daunted by the amount of info on that page. A hyperlink with something
> like:
>
> - Consider <a href="debugcygwin.html">debugging cygwin</a> yourself or
> possibly <a href="debugcygwin.html#backtrace">providing a back trace</a>
> of a failing application.
This seems be about what I had in mind, a bit depending on what
"debugcygwin.html" would contain.
> I have a fundamental problem with adding tutorials on debugging here.
> Go to the gdb page if you want to learn how to debug something. A
> (very) few pointers on how to debug with a DLL are fine, since they
> would be cygwin-specific. But info on setting breakpoints, etc., really
> should come from the experts.
As I said above; _no_ tutorials, but pointers to good _starting points_ for
"beginners" - i.e. one or more ways to find out more on the matter.
> I'm also *extremely* dubious that we'd get useful information from someone
> who has never heard of a debugger or even someone who hasn't heard about
> gdb.
This depends on what you evaluate the word "beginner" to...
1) a beginner with debugging all together; then you're fully correct above
2) a beginner with cygwin; the above might not be so "correct" anymore
3) (more?)
I put myself would fit in category 2) of two reasons; I have not used gdb
or its siblings for major stuff, nor tried to debug cygwin stuff. But I DO
have debugging experience.
> Anyway, as usual, we're discussing something that will probably never
> happen.
..and you have found this "time consuming" only? ;-) (I hope not)
> I'm finished now since I've already used up too much time
> reiterating points. My next act will be to review any documentation
> provided.
Fine with me :-)
/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E
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