On 15/06/07, Jan Danielsson <jan.m.danielsson@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello all,
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>    What options are there with regards to debugging tools in NetBSD?
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>    I have run into a bug in libpqxx 2.6.9, which I know I can track down
> - -- if only I have the proper tools.
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>    My point of reference is the VisualAge C++ 3.0 for OS/2 debugger. Any
> old OS/2 developers here who've found any debugging tools for NetBSD
> which are as simple to use?
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>    I've tried to use gdb directly, but I found that I spend 50% of the
> time fixing stupid typos I write on the command line. 25% of the time I
> spend typing command which would only take a quick mouse-click in the
> VACPP debugger. The rest of the time I spend trying to look up how to
> accomplish the easiest of tasks. There's simply too much time wasted,
> and in the meantime I also have to keep the program flow, and variables,
> in memory.
>
>    I tried ddd, which is a giant leap towards what I want, but it's
> still light years away from what I'm used to do with the VACPP debugger.

Emacs? M-x gdb i/f looks pretty functional to me...

>
>    Are there any other options?
>
> - --
> Kind regards,
> Jan Danielsson
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Chavdar

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