GDB 7.0 released [LWN.net]

GDB 7.0 released

Posted Oct 8, 2009 18:02 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: GDB 7.0 released by ikm
Parent article: GDB 7.0 released

I've had pretty good experiences with gdb 6.8 and C++, certainly a big improvement over earlier versions.

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GDB 7.0 released

Posted Oct 8, 2009 18:30 UTC (Thu) by pranith (subscriber, #53092) [Link]

I tried the snapshot feature in 6.8 and it was a big letdown. After switching to the forked process, it mostly crashed. Never got it working.

GDB 7.0 released

Posted Oct 8, 2009 22:55 UTC (Thu) by MichaelSnyder (guest, #61265) [Link]

You're thinking of checkpoint/restart. This is completely different.
The present "reverse debugging" feature set allows you to do reverse-step,
reverse-next, reverse-continue etc., running backward to any breakpoint
or watchpoint, or just stepping backward by a single instruction if you
choose. You're not restricted to stopping only at previously designated
checkpoints.

GDB 7.0 released

Posted Oct 9, 2009 13:56 UTC (Fri) by cry_regarder (subscriber, #50545) [Link]

We had this in a commercial compiler ($100K plus for reverse capability) in PL/I, Fortran, and COBOL back in 1994 on IBM ES-9000... It was insanely awesome for debugging code written by your grandfather :-)

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