Re: Help getting started debugging Emacs on macOS Sierra

[Itai Berli]

Paul Eggert wrote:

> type the GDB command "b Fexpand_file_name" to plant a breakpoint in (say) Fexpand_file_name

What do you mean by 'Fexpand_file_name'? The name of a file, or the name of a function? Could you give me a concrete example? Suppose, for instance, I wish to place a breakpoint at the start of the 'main; function. How can I do so?

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Itai Berli <address@hidden> wrote:

OK. So I've installed gdb, and rebuilt Emacs as Eli suggested. I have then imported the project to Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers (Oxygen Release 4.7.0). I have no trouble running the GUI from Eclipse. However, when when I try to debug it, I get the following error message:

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'Launching emacs-26.0.50.1' has encountered a problem.

Error in final launch sequence

Failed to execute MI command:

-exec-run

Error message from debugger back end:

During startup program terminated with signal ?, Unknown signal.

During startup program terminated with signal ?, Unknown signal.

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On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:

Itai Berli wrote:

At any rate, gdb is not installed
on my system. I can download and install it, but I'm a little hesitant, as
I'm afraid it might clash with LLVM.

It won't break anything; although GDB consumes LLVM's output, it does not affect what LLVM does.

You don't need to rerun autogen.sh merely because you re-ran 'configure'.