[Bf-committers] gdb and blender

[Stephen Swaney]

Jacques Guignot wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure this *exactly* the best place for this question, but I
> think it may be a *good* place... :-)
> 
> Does anyone know if it is possible to set a watchpoint for gdb with
> blender?  Settings breakpoints is straightforward, but when I set a
> watchpoint on a variable, gdb freezes, and must be killed...

Hi Jacques:

You can do it, but you may need to turn optimization off.
Debuggers tend to act funny with optimized code: variables
disappear, can't set breakpoints, etc.

The 'default' optimization level from running ./configure
is -O2.  You can use -O0 ( that's capital O numeric 0 ) for
no optimization.

One way to turn it off is to run configure like
	CFLAGS="-g -O0" ./configure

Another is to edit all the Makefiles and remove the -O2 flag.

-- 
Stephen Swaney			
sswaney@swbell.net