[Info-vax] ada archives and debug

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2018-01-20 11:40, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2018-01-19, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> On 2018-01-18 19:44, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2018-01-18, gérard Calliet <gerard.calliet at pia-sofer.fr> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Now customers demand debug. I'm in the beginning of evalution of this
>>>> facility.
>>>>
>>>> For what I know, Adacore didn't give debug (in VMS style), and they say
>>>> HP didn't "cooperate" on that. I'm wondering if there are been effort
>>>> for that anywhere.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What's wrong with simply using gdb or are you saying that it wasn't
>>> possible for you to build gdb for a VMS target ?
>>
>> I seriously doubt that gdb will work on VMS, unless someone have ported
>> gdb. And this requires a more complex form of porting than just getting
>> the compiler to accept the source, and the libraries to be available
>> with the right functions.
>>
> 
> Huh ???
> 
> What do you think Adacore were using for their compiler toolchain on VMS ?

The VMS debugger?

If gdb have been ported, then we're all good. I'm just saying that if 
someone is thinking of porting gdb, it is a way more complicated thing 
than just getting it through a compiler.

   Johnny

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