From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: gdb still doesn't work for me
Date: 10 Apr 2001 16:29:59 GMT
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Dennis Yelle <dennis51 AT jps DOT net> wrote:

[...]
> Thanks for the suggestion, -gstabs definitely changes
> the behavior of gdb.  It still does not work the
> way I want it to, or the way I expect it to.

How *does* it work, then? Please try to be a bit less mysterious. What
is the change in behaviour, and what's still not like you want or
expect it?

> My understanding is that the command 'n' is 'step over'.  That is,
> if the next line to be executed is line 20, and line 20 calls a
> function, or method, then the 'n' command would be equivalent to
> setting a breakpoint on line 21 and running the program until line
> 21 is reached.

Right.

The problem I currently suspect to be hitting you is that due to bugs
in other parts of the setup (at least one upload of gcc-2.95.3
binaries, in particular), the debugging informations found in the
executable might be so confusing for GDB that it takes much longer
than it usually would to locate where a "breakpoint on line 21"
actually has to be put.

Another possibility: you could have a .gdb_init file sitting around
from earlier work, containing a software watchpoint or whatever.
"info break" should tell you about that.


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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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