Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/07/10/17:02:27
Doyle Rhynard wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 01:04:27PM -0700, Doyle Rhynard wrote:
>>> The newest version of gdb, gdb-20060706, does not work correctly with
>>> Eclipse-3.2 + CDT-3.02 (C/C++ plug-in). The problem is that the
>>> source code files are not found by gdb during debug sessions. I tried
>>> several different methods to force gdb to associate the source files
>>> without success. After replacing the new version with gdb-20041228,
>>> the Eclipse debugger worked properly, including no trouble displaying
>>> source files.
>>>
>>> If I had to guess, the recent changes to gdb to make it work with the
>>> Insight debugger broke some compatibility mode with other debuggers,
>>> including Eclipse. In any case, gdb needs to be fixed.
>>
>> I don't plan on tracking down why a package which is not part of the
>> cygwin distribution would have problems working with gdb.
>>
>> If there are generic problems finding source files in gdb, then I
>> certainly will look into them. I haven't seen any problems so far,
>> however, and I use that version of gdb regularly.
>
> For me, that is unacceptable. One of the main reasons many users install
> cygwin is to use the gnu C/C++compilers and debugger under Windows.
> Since Eclipse is the defacto industrial strength IDE, a broken gdb will
> annoy quite a lot of people, not just me.
I believe Chris is just making the point that if gdb doesn't work with
software that's not part of the Cygwin distribution, it's not a priority
(we have to draw the line somewhere). That doesn't mean that someone else
cannot find a solution and submit patches. In other words, it's a
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC> situation. So if this is a priority
issue for you and you have some interest and ability to investigate it,
you won't be covering the same ground as any of the Cygwin core developers.
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