On 09/09/04 Ralph Mason wrote: > It lacks a workable debugger of any kind - Yes I know there is this > method and that method that you 'can' use but they all suck. They don't > build or they need this and that, but no one can actually nail down > exactly what this and that is.
Yes, we recognize it's an issue. Toshok started working a few days ago to improve the debugging situation. > We have been diligently trying to use mono for about 6 month or more and > have tried basically every permutation of debuggers, library versions, > NPTL no NPTL this kernel that kernel, this garbage collector, that one, The mono debugger is mostly unusable right now, so it's better if people don't waste time with it unless they plan to work on it. > none at all, gdb etc etc (This whole freezing up NTPL / GC problem and gdb works for me (you need version 6.0 or 6.2 to handle therads, earlier versions didn't support them very well). Of course, using it with managed code is a bit of a pain unless you're interested in the jit code produced:-) There are a couple of helper functions, like print_method_from_ip() to move around: we definitely need to add more, like a describe_object() or describe_locals() helper. > the way that the problem is not recognized as a problem is the second > largest problem I have with mono) Is this the issue on gentoo? People seem to have tracked down an issue between libgc and nptl, but it doesn't look they have reported it to either the nptl or the libgc developers: we could do it, but it would be better if it's done by someone who can actually reproduce the issue since he could give details. > Mono Needs a STABLE debugger that will build and run on ANY system. The > debugger needs to be able to step into interop libraries (or have some > way to debug both at once); I agree completely. > Can anyone make this happen? Miguel? As said, Toshok started to work a few days ago on this very issue. Thanks. lupus -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian/rules [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monkeys do it better _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
