egcs 1.1.1, AIX 4.1.5 and gdb...

egcs 1.1.1, AIX 4.1.5 and gdb...

[Chris Fury]

I have succesfully compiled egcs 1.1.1 with the --with-stabs option, but when
I try to use gdb to debug my program, it can't find the filenames.  The
debugging
information seems to be using "short" filenames vs. long filenames with the
long paths.  I need this functionality because I have many directories with
several files named the same thing in those directories.

Anybody out there seen this problem and/or know how to deal with it?

-- 
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Re: egcs 1.1.1, AIX 4.1.5 and gdb...

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 36757627.D0C86AF@bev.net >you write:
  > I have succesfully compiled egcs 1.1.1 with the --with-stabs option, but
  > when
I do not think you should be using --with-stabs for AIX.  In fact, it should
not be needed on most platforms.  

jeff

Re: egcs 1.1.1, AIX 4.1.5 and gdb...

[Chris Fury]

Hmm.  But using stabs should allow me to use the long filename support in the
debugging info, correct?

Jeffrey A Law wrote:
> 
>   In message < 36757627.D0C86AF@bev.net >you write:
>   > I have succesfully compiled egcs 1.1.1 with the --with-stabs option, but
>   > when
> I do not think you should be using --with-stabs for AIX.  In fact, it should
> not be needed on most platforms.
> 
> jeff

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Christopher Fury   "You go to your TV to turn your brain off. You go to 
Aerosoft, Inc.      your computer to turn your brain on."  - Steve Jobs

Re: egcs 1.1.1, AIX 4.1.5 and gdb...

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 367588C7.89D3BE7F@bev.net >you write:
  > 
  > Hmm.  But using stabs should allow me to use the long filename support in
  > the debugging info, correct?
Maybe, maybe not.  Debuggers may not be able to grok stabs embedded within
xcoff object files.

jeff

Re: egcs 1.1.1, AIX 4.1.5 and gdb...

[David Edelsohn]

>>>>> Chris Fury writes:

Chris> I have succesfully compiled egcs 1.1.1 with the --with-stabs option, but when
Chris> I try to use gdb to debug my program, it can't find the filenames.  The
Chris> debugging
Chris> information seems to be using "short" filenames vs. long filenames with the
Chris> long paths.  I need this functionality because I have many directories with
Chris> several files named the same thing in those directories.

Chris> Anybody out there seen this problem and/or know how to deal with it?

	EGCS probably will not work on AIX using --with-stabs.  There is
no special support in either the compiler or debugger to handle that.
Most of all, that configuration is not supported.

David