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Re: Use GDB to debug MSVC generated executables and shared libraries.
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Use GDB to debug MSVC generated executables and shared libraries. |
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Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:47:38 +0200 |
> From: Naresh Vankayalapati <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:24:09 -0500
> Cc:
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> I wanted to know if there is a way to use these debuggers to debug
> executables generated using MSVC.
You cannot use GDB to debug MSVC-compiled programs on the source
level. GDB doesn't understand the proprietary format of Microsoft PDB
debug information.
You _can_ debug Windows programs on the source level, but only if they
are compiled by GCC, either the MinGW GCC or Cygwin GCC.