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Re: GNU debugger
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: GNU debugger
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 02 Dec 1997 12:06:20 -0800
- Newsgroups: cygnus.gnu-win32
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
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smith@sunserv.kfki.hu (Kovacs Jozsef) writes:
> I'd like to know whether the GNU debugger works with
> Microsoft Compiled COFF object file format.
>
> I tried and it didn't work. It was my fault or GDB
> really can't debug a program which was compiled by
> MS compiler.
GDB can read the files, but not the MS-specific debug information.
Some MS compilers can generate standard COFF debug info, but that
only works for C, not C++.
> If not, do you plan to make GDB-WIN32 compatible with
> MS compiler?
At present, we don't know of anyone working on this addition. It would be
very desirable however.
Stan Shebs
Cygnus Solutions
shebs@cygnus.com
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