tony@xios.UUCP (Keeper Of News) (06/03/86)
Has anyone ( else ) out there had problems using dbx under Ultrix 1.2. We have had a number of problems including getting into a state where it is not able to access local variables of a paticular function, and not being able to handle C casts of a pointer to an array of pointers. Other annoyances are that it can't print the results of a function, and in 'print', expressions cannot include a function call. We would be interested in any similar problem reports and/or fixes/work-arounds. Also, the documentation which we have has been wrong on a couple of occaisions, so if anyone knows to any features/changes/corrections to it, we would appreciate hearing about it. DEC has been most uncooperative in fixing these problems. RSVPBM/TIA (RSVP by mail / thanks in advance ) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Lill Keeper of News @ Xios Systems Corporation 1600 Carling Avenue, Suite 150, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Z 8R8 (613) 725-5411 utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!xios!tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not the edge of the world, but we can see it from here.
chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) (06/08/86)
In article <282@xios.UUCP>, tony@xios.UUCP (Keeper Of News) writes: >[dbx is] getting into a state where it is not able to access local >variables of a paticular function, ... I cannot guess at the rest of the trouble, but this one is usually caused by trapping a routine after a `return' instruction but before the return has completed. In particular, clobbering the stack will have this effect. Since the local variables are below the current stack pointer, dbx thinks they are no longer available. If you use adb you can still find them, though this is hardly convenient. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 1516) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@mimsy.umd.edu