Re: gdb on HPUX?

[Nelson Minar]

>Is this true, that gcc doesn't support symbolic debugging under HPUX?
>If so, that's a real concern for being able to support some of the more
>intricate Swarm logic on this platform.  In Swarm development we assume
>pretty much as a matter-of-course the ability to use a symbolic debugger
>on the gcc objc code (within its limitations, of course).

Here's what the gcc manual has to say (under Installation /
Configurations). gas is the Gnu Assembler. I don't have a lot of
experience with it, but from what they're saying here it's a good idea
to use it. The doc goes on to talk about how to install gas: you'll
have to rebuild gcc as well.

     `-g' does not work on HP-UX, since that system uses a peculiar
     debugging format which GNU CC does not know about.  However, `-g'
     will work if you also use GAS and GDB in conjunction with GCC.  We
     highly recommend using GAS for all HP-PA configurations.

I'm sorry I don't know more about hpux.