Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:00:18 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Tony Lewis <Anthony DOT Lewis AT defcen DOT gov DOT au>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Running GDB under Windows 3.11
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On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Tony Lewis wrote:

> I have recently installed DJGPP V2, and things go well, except one
> thing...  I can't run GDB in a Windows DOS shell.
> 
> If I write a simple "Hello World" program, and compile it with
> debugging info included, then under GDB if I try a simple
> "break main" and "run", I get a SIGSEGV signal, and it won't go
> any further.  Doing the same in stand-alone DOS works fine.

That's a bug in the current port of GDB: it doesn't work on Windows.  
It's even mentioned in the FAQ list (section 12.9).