[Bug win32/11569] New: GDB won't work

["raynebc at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

After reinstalling my MinGW installation (MinGW version 3.4.5, running on
Windows XP Pro x64, SP3) with the latest GDB, I found that I couldn't do any
debugging in Code::Blocks.  This was odd, because I had been using an older
version.  Even when I went to a command line, running gdb or even "gdb -help"
would produce no output and gdb wouldn't run long enough even to verify as
having run in Task Manager.

I reproduced this twice in a row by downloading gdb-7.1-2-mingw32-bin.tar.gz and
extracting to my MinGW installation.

After I downloaded gdb-7.1-1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz and extracted that to my MinGW
installation (overwriting 7.1.1), it immediately worked.  Running from command
line or in IDE works just as it always had.  Extracting 7.1.2 once again over
the working GDB installation causes it to stop working.  Following up once again
by extracting 7.1.1 one more time allows it to work again.

There must have been a serious problem preventing the latest stable release of
GDB from working in a development environment such as mine.  Hopefully this
information will help you find and correct the error.  I look forward to
continuing the use of this excellent debugger.

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           Summary: GDB won't work
           Product: gdb
           Version: 7.1
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: win32
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sourceware dot org
        ReportedBy: raynebc at gmail dot com
                CC: gdb-prs at sourceware dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11569

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