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Re: [cdt-debug-dev] Problems debugging with cygwin gdb

> 
> 
> Hi all,
>     I'm using Eclipse with CDT on a Linux machine to debug an embedded 
> sparc-elf processor and things are working fine.
> I've tried to do the same thing with Eclipse under windows with Cygwin. 
> The compilation, editing ... are all fine but I've the following problem:
> 
>     - when I run a debug session the program is loaded into the embedded 
> target and it is started, but when the program counter hits the "main" 
> break point and
>     eclipse can't associate to it a source file. The problem is that 
> Cygwin gnu tools are using a Cygwin path like 
> /cygdrive/c/eclipse/workspace/... but eclipse
>     try to open a file with the path :     
> \cygdrive\c\eclipse\workspace\... which doesn't exist. It seems that 
> Cygwin GNU tools are always generating debug information
>     using the virtual file system of cygwin which isn't compatible with 
> the windows one.
> 
> I now that someone is using Eclipse/CDT with Cygwin GNU tools. How have 
> you solved the problem? or maybe thats a problem of my setup of Cygwin 
> or Eclipse ?
> 

I believe this was fix by Mikhailk, in the head.  He provided a
"special" source locator for cygwin.  Can not confirm, if the approach
is on the TODO list or code was commited.




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