Hello all, I've asked about IDEs in the past and there are a lot to choose from so for now I've put that off and just edit source without anything else. BUT now I'm running into segfaults and such (worse theyre sporadic so sometimes things mostly work other times everything grinds to a halt). I saw no mention of gdb in either the LFS or BLFS book. Is it not a good thing to use? I'll check hints and see if I find something there. My REAL question is does anyone have advice on when its better to comb the source versus chasing problems with the debugger? I know there's no "right" answer on that but I'd really appreciate some commentary. In actuality I've been a programmer for years and this has always been a tough choice. I did embedded for a while and was it amazing to plug in an ICE in place of the CPU and find right away that something on the board itself was defective. You'd never find something like that on your own because the code is written assuming a board with all the right values for the CPU. Chasing something caused by a faulty component can really leave you haunted. :-)
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