From: mtsirkin AT iil DOT intel DOT com (Michael S. Tsirkin) Subject: debug dlls built with MSVC++? 17 Jun 1998 19:15:42 -0700 Message-ID: <19980617174941.M54786.cygnus.gnu-win32@iil.intel.com> Reply-To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi! Here's stuff from FAQ: --- Can I use the gdb debugger to debug programs built by VC++? ----------------------------------------------------------- No, not for full (high level source language) debugging. The Microsoft compilers generate a different type of debugging symbol information, which gdb does not understand. However, the low-level (assembly-type) symbols generated by Microsoft compilers are coff, which gdb DOES understand. Therefore you should at least be able to see all of your global symbols; you just won't have any information about data types, line numbers, local variables etc. --- I have found an option "generate COFF debugging info" in MSVC 5.0. Will I be able to debug with gdb if I turn it on? I tries to, and couldn't, but maybe I did something wrong .... MST -- This message content is not part of Intel's views or affairs Michael S. Tsirkin, Hanita 63/5, Haifa,Israel; Home:+972-4-8322219; Work:+972-4-8655658; mailto:mtsirkin AT usa DOT net; http://www.toptown.com/hp/mtsirkin/; > Four things are to be strengthened: Torah,and good deeds, > prayer and one's good manners (Berachoth) - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".