debugging gcc

debugging gcc

[Danish Samad]

hello,

Is there some way we can debug gcc using kdevelop?
currently Iam using xxgdb and its not that user
freindly. Secondly I have just built gcc to debug it
will this work or should I install it completely

thanking in advance,

danish

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Re: debugging gcc

[Joe Buck]

> 
> hello,
> 
> Is there some way we can debug gcc using kdevelop?
> currently Iam using xxgdb and its not that user
> freindly. Secondly I have just built gcc to debug it
> will this work or should I install it completely

I haven't tried kdevelop, but I have used ddd a lot, and I'm sure
that you'll find ddd a lot nicer to use than xxgdb.

debugging gcc

[Danish Samad]

hello,

Is there some way we can debug gcc using kdevelop?
currently Iam using xxgdb and its not that user
freindly. Secondly I have just built gcc to debug it
will this work or should I install it completely

thanking in advance,

danish

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Re: debugging gcc

[Joe Buck]

> 
> hello,
> 
> Is there some way we can debug gcc using kdevelop?
> currently Iam using xxgdb and its not that user
> freindly. Secondly I have just built gcc to debug it
> will this work or should I install it completely

I haven't tried kdevelop, but I have used ddd a lot, and I'm sure
that you'll find ddd a lot nicer to use than xxgdb.

Re: debugging gcc

[mike stump]

> Date: 20 Dec 2001 18:53:28 -0000
> From: "ratnadeep  joshi" <ratngccc@rediffmail.com>
> To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org

> I want to know the intermediate representation of gcc and
> integration of front end - back end of gcc to try to write a small
> front end for it.  What can be done for this ?

This first resource that I would point you to would be our web site.
You want to at least read Docs:Manual, Further Readings:A Toy Example
Language, and Further Readings:Treelang sample language.

After that, you will probably need to discover the finer points
yourself.  If you want to contribute to the existing documentation,
that would be great.

Quite a lot of people use gdb to debug the compiler.  I would
recommend gdb inside emacs.

debugging gcc

[ratnadeep joshi]

hello ,

  i want to know the intermediate representation of gcc and integration of front end - back end of gcc to try to write a small front end for it 

   what can be done for this ? do i have to debug gcc code itself to know its passes and their calling ?
If yes , how to debug gcc code ? How to use gdb or any other debugging tool to debug whole gcc code 

  - ratnadeep 

RE: debugging gcc

[Naveen Sharma]

 
> Currently Iam
> trying to debug gcc using xxgdb. I read somewhere that xxgdb 
> is debugging tool for c++. Does that mean gcc cannot be debugged with 
> xxgdb since gcc has been written in C? 

gcc can be debugged with xxgdb,but i really think that 
debuggers like "ddd"(data display debugger) and "gvd" are 
more suitable.May be someone knows a few more.

Also I think that debugging an executable with a particular debugger 
depends on kind of debugging format a compiler supports rather than
the source language.(See gcc manual for details of debugging formats
it supports)

Naveen Sharma.

debugging gcc

[muhammad danish samad]

hello,

Is there any way of debugging gcc source code with KDevelop. Currently Iam
trying to debug gcc using xxgdb. I read somewhere that xxgdb is debugging
tool for c++. Does that mean gcc cannot be debugged with xxgdb since gcc has
been written in C? 

RE: debugging gcc

[Naveen Sharma]

 
> Currently Iam
> trying to debug gcc using xxgdb. I read somewhere that xxgdb 
> is debugging tool for c++. Does that mean gcc cannot be debugged with 
> xxgdb since gcc has been written in C? 

gcc can be debugged with xxgdb,but i really think that 
debuggers like "ddd"(data display debugger) and "gvd" are 
more suitable.May be someone knows a few more.

Also I think that debugging an executable with a particular debugger 
depends on kind of debugging format a compiler supports rather than
the source language.(See gcc manual for details of debugging formats
it supports)

Naveen Sharma.

debugging gcc

[muhammad danish samad]

hello,

Is there any way of debugging gcc source code with KDevelop. Currently Iam
trying to debug gcc using xxgdb. I read somewhere that xxgdb is debugging
tool for c++. Does that mean gcc cannot be debugged with xxgdb since gcc has
been written in C?