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From: Richard Cownie <tich@ma.ikos.com>
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Subject: Re: gdb-4.17 in FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT
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On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, David O'Brien wrote:
> Are you saying 4.17 is better than 4.18 for debugging C++?  Or are you
> saying you didn't know FreeBSD comes with gdb:

gdb-4.18 is badly broken on all platforms (at least for C++).  You can't
call methods from the gdb command line, and also it frequently freezes
to the point where you have to kill the window.  gdb-4.17 is much better
for C++. 

Richard Cownie (tich@ma.ikos.com)


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