Debuging omniORB programs on Linux

[Sai-Lai Lo]

>>>>> Edward Scott writes:

> I am having problems using gdb on Linux (RedHat 4.2, i386) to debug
> omniORB programs: breakpoints within threads other than the initial one
> don't seem to work. I suspect the total lack of support for threading in
> gdb for Linux...

I haven't found a way to use gdb to debug linuxthread programs. One can
step through the main thread but I can't stop a spawned thread at a
specific breakpoint. I suspect that is because each thread under
linuxthread looks every bit like a process to the kernel (but shares the
code and data sections with others). Gdb is not written to cope with
that. The writer of linuxthreads may be able to provide a better answer.


Sai-Lai

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