Re: debugging ada with gdb

[Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>]

alfonso acosta wrote:
> Ok, I'll do it. Ive just realized that gnat3.2 is aviable for debian 
> sid. I downloded it and it has the same problems with gdb 5.3.
> 
> The incompatibility between non-patched gdb and gnat is gnat or gdbs 
> fault? (please, bear in mind that I'm not familiarized with compiler 
> debugging information and techniques, and maybe I'm simplifying the problem)

Gnat has used the 2.8.1 gcc backend while gcc has moved on. I think the
reason why gdb doesn't work with Ada is because of the changes in gcc,
but I'm not sure about this. Somebody else will probably explain it
correctly. Now that Ada is included in the gcc, things ought to be
easier though.

At any rate there is a patch made by Adian Skinner for the 5.2. I hope
the patch gets accepted can be maintained so that gvd and gps will be
able to work with the gdb and that one do not have to have a special
version of gdb for Ada.

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