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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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