Debugger - gdb process exit

[Alvin]

On Wednesday 07 November 2007 12:33:57 Leon Pollak wrote:
> Hi,
> I also experienced this problem a lot of times with my gdb-6.7.2. Then I
> tried to downgrade to gdb-6.6 and the problem disappeared.
>
> On Wednesday 07 November 2007 18:01, Alvin wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have been experiencing a bug with the integrated debugger in KDevelop
> > 3.5.0.1 in KDE 3.5.8 release 21.2 on openSUSE 10.2.
> >
> > When I examine a variable in the sidebar, the gdb process exists as soon
> > as I leave a function. The gdb plane states:
> >
> > ---
> > /bin/sh -c libtool
> > gdb /encrypted/devel/MyApp/debug/./src/myapp --interpreter=mi2 -quiet
> > Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
> > (gdb) Process exited
> > ---
> >
> > The myapp program will then continue to run.
> >
> > This occurs when the variable is under Locals, Watch, and Recent. This
> > also occurs for both Automake and Custom Makefile projects.
> >
> > I have tried kdbg and this doesn't not happen. I much rather use
> > KDevelop's debugger though.
> >
> > Anyone else seeing this "Process exited" message when leaving a function?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alvin

I have gdb 6.7-15.1 installed. It came from the KDevelop repo. I downgraded to 
6.5-28 which was available from the openSUSE 10.2 suse-oss repo.

The internal debugger seems to be working properly now.

Thanks for the tip!

Alvin