[fpc-devel] gdb crashes with trunk

[Martin Schreiber]

On Thursday 03 April 2008 13.54:32 Martin Schreiber wrote:
> Hi,
> I am currently debugging the "cleanroom code" which is a frustrating matter
> because gdb crashes at allmost every breakpoint.
> Any hints how to let gdb work more stable with trunk on i386-linux?
> I compile with -O- already, gdb version is 6.6.50.20070726-cvs.
>
OK, I found something my self, hiding the stack window of MSEide helps in some 
cases. If gdb crashes, there is no information about procedure parameters in 
the stack trace. Example:
"
#0  080D9CBD writer.inc:897 TWRITER__WRITEPROPERTY()
#1  080D9086 writer.inc:678 TWRITER__WRITEPROPERTIES()
#2  080D8DF6 writer.inc:603 TWRITER__WRITECOMPONENTDATA()
#3  080CCDD7 compon.inc:386 TCOMPONENT__WRITESTATE()
#4  080FCC12 mseclasses.pas:2915 TMSECOMPONENT__WRITESTATE()
#5  080D8B8F writer.inc:545 TWRITER__WRITECOMPONENT()
#6  080D8E5E writer.inc:617 TWRITER__WRITEDESCENDENT()
#7  080DA25C writer.inc:962 TWRITER__WRITEROOTCOMPONENT()
#8  080F90DA mseclasses.pas:979 COPYCOMPONENT()
#9  0816B41F msedesigner.pas:2839 TDESIGNER__COPYCOMPONENT()
#10  0816A67E msedesigner.pas:2410 TDESIGNER__CREATECOMPONENT()
#11  080D54E1 reader.inc:812 TREADER__READCOMPONENT()
#12  080D5AE5 reader.inc:920 TREADER__READDATA()
#13  080CCA57 compon.inc:272 TCOMPONENT__READSTATE()
#14  080FC8E5 mseclasses.pas:2824 TMSECOMPONENT__READSTATE()
#15  08189973 mseforms.pas:1206 TCUSTOMMSEFORM__READSTATE()
#16  080D6DAB reader.inc:1289 TREADER__READROOTCOMPONENT()
#17  0816CE1D msedesigner.pas:3474 TDESIGNER__LOADFORMFILE()
#18  080A5EF3 main.pas:1230 TMAINFO__OPENFORMFILE()
#19  0808FB96 sourceform.pas:479 TSOURCEFO__UPDATESTAT()
#20  08177001 projectoptionsform.pas:1187 UPDATEPROJECTOPTIONS()
#21  08179966 projectoptionsform.pas:1559 READPROJECTOPTIONS()
#22  080A8A94 main.pas:1892 TMAINFO__OPENPROJECT()
#23  080A9A77 main.pas:2152 TMAINFO__MAINSTATFILEONUPDATESTAT()
#24  0813D058 msestatfile.pas:142 TSTATFILE__DOSTATREAD()
#25  0813407C msestat.pas:751 TSTATREADER__READSTAT()
#26  0813D5B3 msestatfile.pas:235 TSTATFILE__READSTAT()
#27  080A6899 main.pas:1422 TMAINFO__MAINONLOADED()
#28  08188A97 mseforms.pas:848 TCUSTOMMSEFORM__DOEVENTLOOPSTART()
#29  08188AE3 mseforms.pas:857 TCUSTOMMSEFORM__RECEIVEEVENT()
#30  080F80AA mseevent.pas:195 TOBJECTEVENT__DELIVER()
#31  08082870 msegui.pas:12320 TINTERNALAPPLICATION__EVENTLOOP()
#32  080835BC msegui.pas:12715 TINTERNALAPPLICATION__DOEVENTLOOP()
#33  080F66F8 mseapplication.pas:1064 TCUSTOMAPPLICATION__RUN()
#34  0804C759 mseide.pas:57 main()
"
Again, a frustrating matter, debugging without stack window.

Martin