Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:42:13 -0500
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... ".pch" is a suffix for "pre-compiled" header
files, a feature which is optionally, having 
nothing to do with debug. MSVC can generate debug 
information either in a MS format or COFF. Not
"understanding" COFF is a problem of gdb 
and not of MSVC.

-Kathy

Not really. Microsoft is using a proprietary debug format 



On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:52:20PM +0530, vipin aravind wrote:
> oops sorry the executeable was created as a.exe and gdb a worked
> How do I get the prefix same as the source file.

gcc -o outputfilename ...

> Is it possible to debug vc++ generated exe's?

Not really. Microsoft is using a proprietary debug format (.pch files).
You would be stuck with assembler debugging.

Corinna

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