Probably a FAQ question?

[Maniac]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > Hello
> > I am running the latest version of KDevelop 1.1 beta 2 and would like to use
> > the built in debugger with a program compiled against KDE2.
> 
> > The program compiles,links and runs fine.  But if I try the toolbar debug
> > button I get a Messagebox saying that  gdb cannot execute file 
> > format not recognized and sure enough the file I'm trying to run is a shell
> > script that links to the .lib directory
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As you've noticed kde2 libtool creates a script to run the executable from the
> .libs directory, So run will still work but the debugger doesn't like the
> sscript.
> 
> Two solutions
> 
> edit your project file and change the line
> bin_program=prog_name
> to
> bin_program=.libs/prog_name
> 
> or
> 
> use the debug start/other in the main menu (or the popup menu on the debug
> toolbar button) and select the actual executable.
> 
Thanks I'll try the first approach as I like hacking with things I probably
shouldn't  be messing with.  ) 
Can this be automagically set up?  looks like I'll have to hack the source code
to see if I can patch

Maniac at alltel.net
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 > Regards,
> 
> jbb
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