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Re: gdb 7.11.1-2 started within emacs fails


On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Corinna Vinschen
<corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On Oct 19 12:46, Rockefeller, Harry wrote:
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin->owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of William M. (Mike) Miller
>> >Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 10:30 AM
>> >To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>> >Subject: Re: gdb 7.11.1-2 started within emacs fails
>> [snip]
>> >>>I can confirm that this happens also with gdb-7.11.1-1 but not
>> >>>gdb-7.10.1-1.  (I tested on x86_64, since gdb-7.10.1-1 is broken on x86.)
>> >>>It also fails with M-x gdb instead of M-x gud-gdb, but with a different error message:
>> >>>Failed to resume program execution (ContinueDebugEvent failed, error
>> >>>87) Ken
>> >>
>> >> I tried using 'ddd' instead of emacs and gdb aborts with the same readline ... message above.
>>
>> >Any progress on the above issue? I recently updated my gdb and am running into the same problem.
>> >William M. (Mike) Miller | Edison Design Group william.m.miller@gmail.com
>>
>> No progress I am aware of.  I switched over to 64-bit Cygwin which uses gdb-7.10.1-1 to avoid this problem.
>> This "request" may be related to the problem: I would like to see the autogenerated gdb line:
>> "---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---" to go away.
>> gdb pauses posting this line unnecessarily.
>
> https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_disable_the_.22Type_.3Creturn.3E_to_continue.2C_or_q_.3Creturn.3E_to_quit.22_pagination_prompt_in_GDB.3F

Thanks for the reference. I don't know why the OP thought that might
have been related to the gdb crash, but it didn't do anything to help
with that when I tried it.

-- 
William M. (Mike) Miller | Edison Design Group
william.m.miller@gmail.com

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