gdb not working

[Jon Turney]

On 15/01/2021 12:28, Lemke, Michael SF/HZA-ZIC2 wrote:
> I just installed a fresh copy of Cygwin and gdb with setup-x86_64.exe.
> However, gdb does not produce any output.
> 
> Installing gdb versions 7.9.1-1 and 7.10.1-1 work, anything newer doesn't.
> Any ideas why?
[...]

> Install gdb 7.12.1-2
>   pc> gdb -v
> Install gdb 8.0.1-1
>   pc> gdb -v
>   pc> cygcheck -c gdb
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package              Version        Status
> gdb                  8.0.1-1        OK

You might try 'strace gdb' and see if that sheds any light on what's 
failing.