Re: catchpoints

[Paul Dubuc <pdubuc at cas dot org>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 04:17:27PM -0400, Paul Dubuc wrote:
> > Daniel Berlin wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 04:00:43PM -0400, Paul Dubuc wrote:
> > > > > I'm using gdb 5.2 on Solaris 8 to debug code compiled with g++ 2.95.3.
> > > > > When I try to enter 'catch throw' or 'catch catch' commands I get a
> > > > > message that says
> > > > >
> > > > > no runtime support for this
> > > > >
> > > > > Does this mean I need to rebuild gdb to support these commands or is it
> > > > > just that they aren't supported for this OS or compiler?
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't find any info in the manual about this.
> > > >
> > > > I believe they're only supported on HP/UX (and none of the HP/UX
> > > > support works quite right any more...).  I don't think anyone has tried
> > > > to implement them on GCC code yet.
> > >
> > > Actually, I did, and had it working just fine.
> > > It's actually not that difficult, but it is ABI specific.
> >
> > Which version of GCC does it work for?  If it doesn't work for 2.95.3,
> > does it work for 3.1?
> 
> I'm pretty sure that the code Daniel B. is talking about is not in the
> current GDB tree.  Perhaps next release...

If it's ABI specific then it's not going to work for both these versions
of GCC unless it was implemented for both.  Right?

-- 
Paul M. Dubuc