Using Insight with another version/build of gdb

Using Insight with another version/build of gdb

[Hari]

Can I use Insight with another version of gdb?
Does it take a --debugger command like ddd?
I have built gdb for different target (m68k-palmos-coff),
but want to use the Insight GUI. Can I do it?
I didn't build m68k version from the Insight sources
and I won't be able to (since the patches are against
gdb-4.18)

Any help is appreciated.

Re: Using Insight with another version/build of gdb

[Mo DeJong]

Insight is gdb. They are not two different things like ddd and gdb
are.

Mo Dejong
Red Hat Inc.

On Wed, 10 May 2000, Hari wrote:

> Can I use Insight with another version of gdb?
> Does it take a --debugger command like ddd?
> I have built gdb for different target (m68k-palmos-coff),
> but want to use the Insight GUI. Can I do it?
> I didn't build m68k version from the Insight sources
> and I won't be able to (since the patches are against
> gdb-4.18)
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

Re: Using Insight with another version/build of gdb

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Hari" == Hari  <hari.reg@kerala.jpsystems.com> writes:

Hari> Can I use Insight with another version of gdb?

No.

Hari> Does it take a --debugger command like ddd?

No.

Insight is integrated into the gdb core.  DDD works by communicating
with a separate gdb process.  IMNSHO, the Insight method is far
superior.

Hari> I have built gdb for different target (m68k-palmos-coff),
Hari> but want to use the Insight GUI. Can I do it?

Yes.  Rebuild your gdb using the Insight sources.

Hari> I didn't build m68k version from the Insight sources
Hari> and I won't be able to (since the patches are against
Hari> gdb-4.18)

Too bad.  You should work on integrating your gdb patches into the
main line.  That is the best thing for everybody.

Tom

Re: Using Insight with another version/build of gdb

[Hari]

> Insight is integrated into the gdb core.  DDD works by communicating
> with a separate gdb process.  IMNSHO, the Insight method is far
> superior.

Can I replace the "gdb" and related subdirectories in the 
source with corresponding patched 4.18 directories and expect
the rest of Insight to work fine?

The only reason I wan to use Insight instead of ddd
is to get it working under cygwin (without X). 
Any GUI support is better than working with the 
bare commandline (as it exists today for the
m68k-palmos-coff build).

> Too bad.  You should work on integrating your gdb patches into the
> main line.  That is the best thing for everybody.

I am only a user of the product. Moreover the patches, as it
exists today, aren't GNU friendly, I heard.  The maintainers
are working on integrating the patches back to the main
GNU source. But that won't be available anytime soon.

Thanks for your time.
--
Hari.

Re: Using Insight with another version/build of gdb

[Tom Tromey]

Hari> Can I replace the "gdb" and related subdirectories in the source
Hari> with corresponding patched 4.18 directories and expect the rest
Hari> of Insight to work fine?

If I understand you correctly, then the answer is no.  Insight is part
of the gdb subdirectory.

>> Too bad.  You should work on integrating your gdb patches into the
>> main line.  That is the best thing for everybody.

Hari> I am only a user of the product. Moreover the patches, as it
Hari> exists today, aren't GNU friendly, I heard.

Bummer.

Tom

Re: Using Insight with another version/build of gdb

[Jim Ingham]

Hari,

> Can I use Insight with another version of gdb?

No, this is not possible.  Unlike DDD, Insight is actually running in the
same process as gdb.  There are a bunch of Tcl commands that give the
interpreter used to write the GUI access to gdb's internal state.  This is
very convenient, but of course, it means that you have to run in the gdb
process...

Sorry,

Jim