There is one more issue with gdb and gcc with xcode http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Confirms-Deprecation-of-ATS-framework-in-Xcode-4-6-Developer-Preview-1-304229.shtml Xcode 4.6 is also the last major release that will include the llvm-gcc compiler and the GDB debugger, according to Apple. Developers will need to include the LLVM Compiler and LLDB debugger in their workflows.
Raul On Jan 22, 2013, at 10:20 PM, André Pönitz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 01:03:23PM +0000, Danny Price wrote: >> What is the status of LLDB support via Creator on OSX? > > Nobody had time to look into it since Summer or so it as far as I know. > > My main problem with LLDB right now is that it does not even pretend > to play nicely in the cross-platform area (today it did e.g. not link > on Linux, and yes, I am trying fairly regularly) so going with LLDB > on Mac essentially would mean spending quite some effort to replace > one single-platform solution with another single-platform solution. > > Not exactly an attractive proposition, even I understand that we'd > probably need to do it at some point anyway, at least when the iOS > port is maturing. > >> I noticed that the latest version of Creator (2.6.1) has the option to >> use LLDB as a debugger per-kit. > >> But if I try to launch a LLVM-built >> executable in debug mode, it just hangs. > > The compiler itself should not matter a lot. > >> I really hope that this gets some love soon as GDB is useless when >> used via Creator. It's gotten to the point where I have to import the >> project into XCode 4 (which I dislike) just to get reliable debugging. > > "Useless" is a bit strong as far as I can tell. I am not aware of any > open show-stoppers in JIRA right now, and in the admittedly rare > cases where I use it it appears to work. But functionality-wise it's > certainly not on par with GDB-on-something-like-Fedora. > > Feel invited to have a look at the issue yourself and/or help to > spread the word that being cross-platform helps adoption. > > Andre' > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
