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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:39:16 -0500
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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To: Dave Korn <dk AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject: RE: g++ Debugger for Win32?
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Dave Korn wrote:

>   So to get back on-topic, I'd suggest that Dave tries compiling a more
> up-to-date gdb/insight version and sees if it works any better with his
> G++-compiled objects than the OOTB cygwin version.  The cygwin version says
> "GNU gdb 2003-09-20-cvs (cygwin-special)", which is around the timeframe
> when gdb6 was first released.  The gdb NEWS file contains several changes
> related to Cygwin, Dwarf2 debugging info and C++ since that time that
> suggest it might be worthwhile trying it out.

Unfortunately, to produce Dwarf2 debugging info from g++ for gdb to read,
you need a newer than Cygwin released gcc as well :-(.  Well get there
sooner or later...

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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...

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