Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:19:39 -0800 From: John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DDD hangs on start on 11.1-R Message-ID: <6178316.S5WNzPhACR@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1803050816400.27683@sea.ntplx.net> References: <20180303170941.GC9421@beast.freibergnet.de> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1803050814570.97064@mail.fig.ol.no> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1803050816400.27683@sea.ntplx.net>
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On Monday, March 05, 2018 08:19:24 AM Daniel Eischen wrote: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2018, Trond Endrest=EF=BF=BDl wrote: >=20 > > On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 18:09+0100, Holm Tiffe wrote: > > > >> can anyone get ddd get to work in 11.1-R or stable? > > > > I've more or less given up on devel/ddd, since it relies on the old= > > pty subsystem, now replaced by the new pts subsystem, to communicat= e > > with gdb. > > > > I build custom kernels containing "device pty", but I'm not sure if= > > that directive is being honoured these days. > > > > It's a shame, 'cos ddd is very good at visualizing data structures.= > > Maybe it's possible to patch ddd to use pts instead of pty. >=20 > I used to like ddd also. You might try devel/gps. It's more > than just a debugger, but you can use it just for debugging. > Note, it's been a while since I've used it, but worked similarly > to ddd. I patched ddd to use pts (was a short patch) but it still hangs for me with both old and new gdb. I think it is unfortunately abandonware. :(= --=20 John Baldwin
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