Re: gdb on HPUX? (fwd)

[Rick Riolo]

I tried gdb a bit on apps/mousetrap,
and it seems to work, ie, I could set breaks, display
a few things, run the mousetrap a bit, etc.
(I still don't see anything happening in the
mousetrap windows, plot windows, etc, but I see
that when not using gdb, too!  I just haven't got
a chance to look into the codes yet.)

so I think gdb will be ok on phux.

this is gdb 4.13, gcc 2.6.3, gas 2.3, on hpux 9.05.

 - r

Rick Riolo                       address@hidden
Program for Study of Complex Systems (PSCS)
1061 Randall Lab     University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
http://pscs.physics.lsa.umich.edu/rlr-home.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:39:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rick Riolo <address@hidden>
To: Nelson Minar <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: gdb on HPUX?


We have GAS installed on our HPUX 9.05 machines,
and use it with the GCC install.  
Its not hard to install GAS, as I recall
(but its been a while...).  

However I have to admit I haven't tried gdb with it our 
GCC/GAS (I don't write codes with bugs, so I don't need
a debugger ;-)).    (Actually I do think
some of our users have used gdb with our
gdb and c ad c++ programs...I'll ask around.)

I'm sorry I don't know more about hpux, too!

 - r


Rick Riolo                       address@hidden
Program for Study of Complex Systems (PSCS)
1061 Randall Lab     University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
http://pscs.physics.lsa.umich.edu/rlr-home.html

On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, Nelson Minar wrote:

> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 12:22:45 MDT
> From: Nelson Minar <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: gdb on HPUX?
> 
> >Is this true, that gcc doesn't support symbolic debugging under HPUX?
> >If so, that's a real concern for being able to support some of the more
> >intricate Swarm logic on this platform.  In Swarm development we assume
> >pretty much as a matter-of-course the ability to use a symbolic debugger
> >on the gcc objc code (within its limitations, of course).
> 
> Here's what the gcc manual has to say (under Installation /
> Configurations). gas is the Gnu Assembler. I don't have a lot of
> experience with it, but from what they're saying here it's a good idea
> to use it. The doc goes on to talk about how to install gas: you'll
> have to rebuild gcc as well.
> 
>      `-g' does not work on HP-UX, since that system uses a peculiar
>      debugging format which GNU CC does not know about.  However, `-g'
>      will work if you also use GAS and GDB in conjunction with GCC.  We
>      highly recommend using GAS for all HP-PA configurations.
> 
> I'm sorry I don't know more about hpux.
>