Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:54:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Kip Macy <kip@lyris.com> To: Alex Zepeda <jazepeda@pacbell.net> Cc: Richard Cownie <tich@ma.ikos.com>, current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: gdb-4.17 in FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9908312351580.19902-100000@luna> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908312238510.435-100000@localhost>
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on 3.2-R gdb-4.18 will core dump without fail when I try to read a core file generated by the C++ program I am developing - gdb-4.17 does not have this problem. -Kip On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Alex Zepeda wrote: > On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Richard Cownie wrote: > > > 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++. > > Really? I don't use gdb much so, I wouldn't know, but I've seen reports > that KOffice is undebugable with 4.17 (gdb segfaults), but is with 4.18. > Hmm. > > - alex > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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