Subject: xxgdb/development tools & Linux/NetBSD interoperatablity
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Nathan Sheeley <nsheeley@doa.flame.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/18/1996 13:08:58
I recently was introduced to the wonderful world of programming
debugging tools, using the CaseVision Workshop of SGI.  Now I realize
it is unlikely there is anything this polished for NetBSD, I wanted to
try the X interface to gdb, but although it compiles with no warnings,
when I run it, it just exit, without even drawing a window when I place
it.  Any ideas/site where I can get a binary?

Secondly, from time to time I am forced to use Linux for portability
testing, and programs like xxgdb that I can't make run on NetBSD.
I can deal with the 50% drop in network performance, but I cannot deal
with not having my files.  Putting my home directory in a msdos
partition could  concievably work, but I would have no control over
permissions, and since there is no NetBSD partition on the Linux/MSDOS 
drive, disklabel has eaten my partition table.  Any ideas?

Nate

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