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Using CDT to debug non-eclipse binary [message #871469]

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:56

Eclipse User

Hi all,

I'm sure this has been asked before but I'm not sure what keywords to search for so I'm asking here.

I'd like to use eclipse to debug a software that was compiled outside of eclipse environment. It's a big project that uses autoconf/pthread/google perf tools/fortran math libraries/openmpi and other tools.

I just want to use CDT as a gui frontend to gdb so that I can see sourcecode, examine variables and navigate stack.

Is this possible?

Thanks a lot.
Spundun

ps: The code I'm referring to is google code m-a-d-n-e-s-s project

Re: Using CDT to debug non-eclipse binary [message #871479 is a reply to message #871469]

Mon, 14 May 2012 02:03

Eclipse User

To Clarify, I'd like to use eclipse cdt like I would use DDD. without having to import the whole source tree as an eclipse project.

Re: Using CDT to debug non-eclipse binary [message #871582 is a reply to message #871479]

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:15

Eclipse User

http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/FAQ#Can_I_debug_a_process_that_I_didn.27t_develop_in_Eclipse.3F

Marc

Re: Using CDT to debug non-eclipse binary [message #871645 is a reply to message #871582]

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:58

Eclipse User

Ah, Thank you very much! I should have checked if there was a CDT faq. Smile

Re: Using CDT to debug non-eclipse binary [message #871734 is a reply to message #871582]

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:05

Eclipse User

Marc,

you forgot this Bug?

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=344470

Under Windows it does not work Sad

regards,
klaus

Re: Using CDT to debug non-eclipse binary [message #871743 is a reply to message #871734]

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:28

Eclipse User

Sigh... Nobody has fixed that yet for Windows.
My machine is Linux so I can't help much with it.

This is a nice feature that it would be good to have for Windows.
I suggest you mention this to cdt-dev@ eclipse dot org.
Maybe a committer with a Windows machine can have a look.

Marc

Re: Using CDT to debug non-eclipse binary [message #872312 is a reply to message #871743]

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:54

Eclipse User

Thanks for the pointers.

I've managed to open the binary using eclipse cdt and can put breakpoints in main. But I can't figure out how to look up other functions and line numbers in other files. All I can do is text search the current file or the file that I've already stepped into. When I try C/C++ search it returns nothing for my queries. Even searching for the word "main" doesn't work. Is there a way to look up functions linked into the binary?

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