On 27 November 2013 20:17, Jerry <jlqu...@optonline.net> wrote: > "Iain Buclaw" <ibuc...@ubuntu.com> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I've created a gdb fork on github and will be giving d-lang support some love >> - with the intention of pushing patches back to gdb development as soon as >> possible. The bulk of the work will be done over the next fortnight, but for >> some other work (see buglink) will take a couple more months to roll out as >> changes on both gdb and compilers need to be aligned up. >> >> https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=9800 >> >> >> If anybody is interesting in helping out. Would be great to get people >> developing, testing, and sending suggestions for features/fixes on it. >> Especially users of dmd/ldc to jump on board to ensure that changes done >> don't >> break the existing support that you may have. > > Hi Ian, Here's a first bug. > > I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64. Debugging isn't stepping through the code. > Here's a simple example. This is with dmd 2.064.2 and a fresh clone of > your git repo. > > junk2.d: > import std.stdio; > > void main(string args[]) { > string ss = "hi there"; > writeln(ss); > } >
Hi Jerry, I believe dmd is only compatible with gdb 7.5. Likewise gdc-4.7 is compatible with 7.5, but not 7.6 (you should use gdc-4.8 or the development branch if you want gdb to work properly). For dmd, someone needs to fix dmd to work with gdb-7.6.
