[comp.unix.xenix] gdb for Xenix?

chaiklin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Seth Chaiklin) (01/18/90)

Has anyone tried to make a version of gdb that will work under
SCO Xenix386, Dev. Sys. 2.2?  Does anyone have any opinion about
the feasibility of such an undertaking?  Please send me e-mail or
post here if you deem your remarks of general interest.  Thanks very much.

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davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (01/18/90)

In article <1990Jan17.182119.27138@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> chaiklin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Seth Chaiklin) writes:
| Has anyone tried to make a version of gdb that will work under
| SCO Xenix386, Dev. Sys. 2.2?  

Short answer:

  You probably have to get gcc working first. gcc assumes that the code
and data are in the same segment (tiny rather than small model). There
is an option to avoid this, but it doesn't seem to work right.

  I have not seen gcc for Xenix, although I would love to have someone
tell me it exists. SCO UNIX *will* run gcc, unless several people are
kidding me, but the UNIX development set includes CodeView (again people
who have it tell me), and eliminates the need for gdb unless you just
like it better.
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