[fpc-pascal] SQLdb: problem using GDB, but do not have memleak

[Marcos Douglas]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Martin <lazarus at mfriebe.de> wrote:
> On 21/03/2012 13:48, Marcos Douglas wrote:
>>
>> Which GDB SVN do you think is the best choice?
>
>
> Not really sure. I have versions from 6.3 to 7.4. (for win 32).
> There is a testcase in the debugger/test/GDBMI directory
>
> Most of the differences are handled by the IDE (like different text of error
> message)
>
> Differences I do know:
>
> - All versions over 7.0 have a problem with typecasting objects (stabs only)
>   http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=19920
> This is partly fixed by the IDE
>
> - All 6.x and 7.3 / 7.4 versions (not sure about 7.1 / 7.2) have an issue
> with handling threads, in a rare race condition
> 7.0.50 does not have that issue
>
> The issue occurs if a pause request (either hit "pause button" er
> modify/set/unset a breakpoint (which requires the ap to be paused and then
> continued)) is made, while the app is already paused.
> On Windows an app is paused via some windows function, opening a special
> thread in the app. (Not sure if the issue is triggered just by any thread,
> or by something else).
>
> Normally the IDE will not send such a request to a paused app. But if the
> app has just hit a breakpoint, and the IDE had not yet read that
> notification from GDB, then it can happen....
>
>
> - IIRC: Somewhere in 7.1 or 7.2 some essential suppor for using breakpoints
> when debugging a dll with starter app was added
>
> - 7.4
> Has some issue with "-break-insert +0"
> The IDE only uses that as fallback (unless you change config), and can deal
> with this. So it does not currently cause any issues.
>
> 7.4 has new features, but the IDE does not support then yet...
> Otherwise, I haven't yet worked out where/if 7.4 differs significantly

Oh my... =)
There are many differences, many options to choice.
Using a simple vision, I think the IDE should be use the last GDB that
works fine in the major cases. What GDB version represents that?

The URL that I wrote gets the 7.3 version. That is the recommended by
Lazarus Team?

Marcos Douglas