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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:46:26 -0300
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: gdb front-ends
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Charlie wrote:

> In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1000118102552 DOT 3041U-100000 AT is>, Eli Zaretskii
> <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Charlie wrote:
> > > What front ends are available for gdb to give an interface more
> > > like Visual C++?
>
> > Please read chapter 12 of the DJGPP FAQ list, it has some
> > recommendations for C++ debugging, especially in sections 12.1 and
> > 12.5.
>
> The FAQ doesn't address my question on gdb front ends, other than
> mentioning RHIDE and FSDB.
>
> > > I've used RHIDE up till now, but it seems a little flaky in
> > > debugging
>
> > Care to explain what problems did you see?  We cannot help you
> > without knowing the details.  ``Flaky'' is not enough.
>
> The main problem was that it won't always accept a breakpoint when I
> would expect a breakpoint to be valid.

If RHIDE refuses to put a breakpoint is because gdb is refusing it. You are most
probably using:
a) The wrong debug information (gstabs3+ is the best for djgpp programs)
b) Just putting the breakpoint in a wrong line (optimized one? wrong line of a
multiline sentence?)

> > > and doesn't appear to be maintained.
> > How so?  A new beta was announced less than a month ago.
>
> My apologies, I looked at the last available version on simtel and
> observed that it hadn't been updated in over two years. I've now
> downloaded the beta and am trying it. It does seem to have fixed the
> problems I observed with the earlier version. If I find problems, I'll
> report them back to the author.

Post problems to the RHIDE mailing list.

SET

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