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gdb 5.3 issues with g++ 3.2 on RedHat 7.3 & Solaris 9.
- From: "Joshua D. Marantz" <josh at carbondesignsystems dot com>
- To: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: josh at carbondesignsystems dot com
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 17:39:43 -0500
- Subject: gdb 5.3 issues with g++ 3.2 on RedHat 7.3 & Solaris 9.
- Reply-to: josh at carbondesignsystems dot com
Hello,
We are having trouble debugging C++ code. Are there a number of
outstanding issues, or could we have a configuration problem?
We have tried a variety of combinations of the following tools:
gdb 5.2.1, gdb 5.3
g++ 3.1.1, 3.2, 3.2.1
g++ compile options "-g", "-g3", "-ggdb", "-gstabs", "-gstabs+", "-gdwarf-2"
SGI STL & STLport 4.5.3
RedHat 7.3 & Solaris 9
Symptoms include:
- breakpoints in constructors do not work. gdb says they get set successfully,
but they do not actually break. This occurs whether the constructors are
inline or out-of-line.
- casting on the command line does not work -- yields a syntax error
- printing contents of instances of STL classes sometimes crashes
- frequent gdb crashes (sorry this is so vague...)
- when compiling with -gstabs+, I can print most structures, but I can't
call class methods from gdb.
- when compiling with -gdwarf-2, I can call class methods from gdb, but I can't
print most structures
- calling global functions from the debugger takes a long time and uses
a lot of memory. calling class methods is fast however.
- it is difficult to call template methods from the debugger
All these issues were not present using g++ 2.8.1 and gdb 4.17. In
that environment most things worked well Although gdb 4.17 did crash
a little too often, it was much more functional.
We can't go back to those old tools because our C++ & STL usage goes
beyond the capabilities of g++ 2.8.1 & 2.9.*.
I can give testcases for all these things but it's really pretty
basic C++ debugging.
Is this enough information? Is there a path through these tools that
works -- e.g. config options, versions, etc?
Thanks,
-Josh