On Mon, 5 Mar 2018, Trond Endrest?l wrote:> On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 18:09+0100, Holm Tiffe wrote: > >> can anyone get ddd get to work in 11.1-R or stable? > > I've more or less given up on devel/ddd, since it relies on the old > pty subsystem, now replaced by the new pts subsystem, to communicate > with gdb. > > I build custom kernels containing "device pty", but I'm not sure if > that directive is being honoured these days. > > It's a shame, 'cos ddd is very good at visualizing data structures. > Maybe it's possible to patch ddd to use pts instead of pty.I used to like ddd also. You might try devel/gps. It's more than just a debugger, but you can use it just for debugging. Note, it's been a while since I've used it, but worked similarly to ddd. -- DE
On Monday, March 05, 2018 08:19:24 AM Daniel Eischen wrote:> On Mon, 5 Mar 2018, Trond Endrest?l wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 18:09+0100, Holm Tiffe wrote: > > > >> can anyone get ddd get to work in 11.1-R or stable? > > > > I've more or less given up on devel/ddd, since it relies on the old > > pty subsystem, now replaced by the new pts subsystem, to communicate > > with gdb. > > > > I build custom kernels containing "device pty", but I'm not sure if > > that directive is being honoured these days. > > > > It's a shame, 'cos ddd is very good at visualizing data structures. > > Maybe it's possible to patch ddd to use pts instead of pty. > > I used to like ddd also. You might try devel/gps. It's more > than just a debugger, but you can use it just for debugging. > Note, it's been a while since I've used it, but worked similarly > to ddd.I patched ddd to use pts (was a short patch) but it still hangs for me with both old and new gdb. I think it is unfortunately abandonware. :( -- John Baldwin
On 7/3/18 3:19 am, John Baldwin wrote:> On Monday, March 05, 2018 08:19:24 AM Daniel Eischen wrote: >> On Mon, 5 Mar 2018, Trond Endrest?l wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 18:09+0100, Holm Tiffe wrote: >>> >>>> can anyone get ddd get to work in 11.1-R or stable? >>> I've more or less given up on devel/ddd, since it relies on the old >>> pty subsystem, now replaced by the new pts subsystem, to communicate >>> with gdb. >>> >>> I build custom kernels containing "device pty", but I'm not sure if >>> that directive is being honoured these days. >>> >>> It's a shame, 'cos ddd is very good at visualizing data structures. >>> Maybe it's possible to patch ddd to use pts instead of pty. >> I used to like ddd also. You might try devel/gps. It's more >> than just a debugger, but you can use it just for debugging. >> Note, it's been a while since I've used it, but worked similarly >> to ddd. > I patched ddd to use pts (was a short patch) but it still hangs for me > with both old and new gdb. I think it is unfortunately abandonware. :( >what a pitty. it was really nice to use (if you had a big screen)