Doyle Rhynard wrote:
Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 01:04:27PM -0700, Doyle Rhynard wrote:
The newest version of gdb, gdb-20060706, does not work correctly with
Eclipse-3.2 + CDT-3.02 (C/C++ plug-in). The problem is that the
source code files are not found by gdb during debug sessions. I tried
several different methods to force gdb to associate the source files
without success. After replacing the new version with gdb-20041228,
the Eclipse debugger worked properly, including no trouble displaying
source files.
If I had to guess, the recent changes to gdb to make it work with the
Insight debugger broke some compatibility mode with other debuggers,
including Eclipse. In any case, gdb needs to be fixed.
I don't plan on tracking down why a package which is not part of the
cygwin distribution would have problems working with gdb.
If there are generic problems finding source files in gdb, then I
certainly will look into them. I haven't seen any problems so far,
however, and I use that version of gdb regularly.
For me, that is unacceptable. One of the main reasons many users install
cygwin is to use the gnu C/C++compilers and debugger under Windows.
Since Eclipse is the defacto industrial strength IDE, a broken gdb will
annoy quite a lot of people, not just me.
I believe Chris is just making the point that if gdb doesn't work with
software that's not part of the Cygwin distribution, it's not a priority
(we have to draw the line somewhere). That doesn't mean that someone else
cannot find a solution and submit patches. In other words, it's a
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC> situation. So if this is a priority
issue for you and you have some interest and ability to investigate it,
you won't be covering the same ground as any of the Cygwin core developers.
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