patch

[Chris]

Sorry for asking this but how do I apply this patch? I'm not used to 
compiling OSS. Where should I look for more info?

Thank you for the tips

  Chris


John Demme wrote:
> I bet you're using the -g flag with dmd.  If you disable that, gdb doesn't
> crash. (Right?)
> 
> If the above is true, then this happens because gdb uses the DWARF2
> debugging information standard, whereas the little information that DMD
> outputs is in DWARF3... The only practical difference is that D has a
> language tag in DWARF3, so gdb can know what language the program is in. 
> Unpatched versions of gdb, however, don't have a clue about D and when they
> read the tag, just crash.  I have a patch for GDB on dsource.org that adds
> the tag to GDB as well as adds symbol demangling.  I'd suggest you give it
> a try.
> 
> Alternatively, compile with the -gc flag instead to tell DMD to lie and
> output C's debugging tag.
> 
> ~John Demme
> 
> Chris wrote:
> 
>> Does anybody know why when trying to debug a "Hello world" program with
>> gdb under cygwin, it causes a segmentation fault? But it runs fine, when
>> it is not debugged.
>>
>> Here is the program:
>>
>> import std.stdio;
>>
>> void main()
>> {
>>      int i = 1;
>>      i++;
>>      printf("Good bye");
>>      writefln("\n%d", i);
>> }
>