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From: [e-mail] (Douglas Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Replacing NeXT cc with gcc-2.2.2
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Date: 1 Sep 92 18:19:59 GMT
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(Shawn Willden) writes:
] [e-mail] (Joe Buck) writes:
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] : >5)    Is 2.2.2 compatible with the NeXT gdb or would I have to get gdb-4.6 as
] : >well?
] :
] : I recommend getting gdb-4.6 if you're going to use g++.  It has greatly
] : improved facilities for finding member functions, including command
] : completion (where you type part of the name and prototype of an overloaded
] : member function and it completes it or lists the possibilities).  I don't
] : know what version of gdb NeXT provides; if it predates 4.0 you'll need
] : to upgrade.
] :
] : --
] : Joe Buck    [e-mail]
]
] Thanks, Joe.

Sorry Joe and Shawn--this is not the case.  You cannot build any of the Gnu gdb
versions on the NeXT.  There is no support for them.  The version on the NeXT
under 2.1 is old (something like version 1.3) and only provides rudimentary
information (like backtraces) for programs compiled under gcc/g++.
--
Douglas Scott                              [phone]
Center for Computer Music Research and Composition
University of California, Santa Barbara
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