From: "Michael Stather" <lists@michaelstather.com>
To: <insight@sources.redhat.com>
Subject: AW: AW: Building insight independantly of gdb
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:02:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051119174003.E743351819B@h8391.serverkompetenz.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <437F59AA.3050503@redhat.com>
Well I did *g Sorry, I just hit "reply"
So is it possible to install insight but not the included gdb?I mean with
configure switches?
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Keith Seitz [mailto:keiths@redhat.com]
Gesendet: Samstag, 19. November 2005 17:58
An: Michael Stather
Betreff: Re: AW: Building insight independantly of gdb
Please post to the mailing list for the benefit of others.
Keith
Michael Stather wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation.
> I´ve a SuSE system where gdb is installed as a rpm package. And I
> use/test several IDEs which use GDB as a debugger.
> So I don´t want insight to interfere with my gdb installation. I like
> to use it as a "seperate" program which uses it´s included gdb while
> other apps which request gdb use the installed one.
> The thing with the path doesn´t work since /usr/local/bin appears
> before /usr/bin (where my installed gdb is) Can I configure switches
> (or whatever) to have insight compiled without installing gdb (but
> still using it). This would IMHO be the only possibility to install
> insight without interferring an installed gdb?
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Keith Seitz [mailto:keiths@redhat.com]
> Gesendet: Samstag, 19. November 2005 17:22
> An: Michael Stather
> Cc: insight@sources.redhat.com
> Betreff: Re: Building insight independantly of gdb
>
> Michael Stather wrote:
>
>>As I read from the "about" page insight is a GUI for gdb. But it seems
>>to be built as a "gdb" executable mixing native gdb functionality with
>>a
>
> gui.
>
> Unlike ddd, eclipse, and many other guis for gdb, Insight *is* gdb.
> They are the same executable. This means that insight is orders of
> magnitude faster than the rest.
>
>
>>But if insight replaces my existing gdb other gdb GUIs and apps which
>>use gdb don´t work anymore.
>>Can I compile insight independant from gdb, so that it doesn´t
>>interfere with an existing gdb installation. The actual executable
>>should be named "insight" then.
>
>
> When you build gdb/insight, you get two executables: "gdb" and "insight".
> Both are identical except that one defaults to starting up the GUI
> (insight) and one does not.
>
> Other than file size, the presence of the insight code in the gdb
> executable does not alter the gdb executable: you basically still have a
> gdb release, compatible (if not identical) with any release of gdb
> with the same version.
>
> If you require to keep some other version of gdb, simply don't install
> the one that is built with insight. Only install the insight executable.
> [In practice, its probably easiest to install both executables into,
> e.g., /usr/local, and put your other gdb into. e.g., /usr/bin. Setting
> your PATH will then grab the right one at the right time.]
>
> Although I admit, I find this a bit weird. Are you saying that you
> want to use different versions of gdb, one when running the command
> line (or some other spawn-gdb GUI) and one when running insight?
>
> Keith
>
next parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-19 17:48 UTC|newest]
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2005-11-19 18:02 ` Michael Stather [this message]
2005-11-19 18:04 ` Keith Seitz
2005-11-19 20:46 ` AW: " Michael Stather
2005-11-20 23:47 ` Michael Stather
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