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Title: MinGW GDB Fixed for x64
Post by: nacitar on September 13, 2007, 01:02:26 am

I was searching for a way to fix the GDB crash described at
http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?topic=3286.msg34551

In my searches, I found the following patch http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1764083&group_id=2435&atid=302435

Furthermore, the author of the patch provided me with this download link, which I have also mirrored on my website (the 2nd link)
http://www.dommelstein.nl/scrap/gdb.6.6.patched.zip
http://www.ubercpp.com/gdb.6.6.patched.zip

So, if you want GDB to work on x64 windows, replace gdb.exe with this one.  I've tested it on my home machine and it works.  Enjoy.  Thanks goes to the author for creating it, not to me for finding it.

Title: Re: MinGW GDB Fixed for x64
Post by: nacitar on September 13, 2007, 10:32:37 pm

No one found this useful? o.O

I was ecstatic to have my debugger working again.

Title: Re: MinGW GDB Fixed for x64
Post by: killerbot on September 13, 2007, 10:50:45 pm

it sure is useful !!!!

Title: Re: MinGW GDB Fixed for x64
Post by: XayC on September 13, 2007, 10:54:27 pm

I guess there are not many developers using 64bit, not Windows 64bit at least.
I think it's still a bit too early for a transition to 64bits; on Linux at least you can compile yourself most of the applications using 64bit or find them already compiled, but for Windows I would hardly find a 64bit version for half of the programs I use.

Anyway I've heard there were some problems using GDB on 64bit Windows, and it's nice to know it's working :D.

Regards, XayC

Title: Re: MinGW GDB Fixed for x64
Post by: nacitar on September 14, 2007, 07:10:15 am

Well, this is just a patch for the 32-bit GDB to work on x64, it's not a 64-bit GDB.  MinGW only supports 32-bit builds atm anyway.