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Add information about where to find GDB, and warn against --no-debug option
to configure.bat.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 22 May 2007 12:57:39 +0000 |
| parents | 8ebf54239937 |
| children | 075eb71f218d 31beec9ee600 |
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| 225 options on the command line when invoking configure. | 225 options on the command line when invoking configure. |
| 226 | 226 |
| 227 To configure Emacs to build with GCC or MSVC, whichever is available, | 227 To configure Emacs to build with GCC or MSVC, whichever is available, |
| 228 simply change to the `nt' subdirectory and run `configure.bat' with no | 228 simply change to the `nt' subdirectory and run `configure.bat' with no |
| 229 options. To see what options are available, run `configure --help'. | 229 options. To see what options are available, run `configure --help'. |
| 230 Do NOT use the --no-debug option to configure.bat unless you are | |
| 231 absolutely sure the produced binaries will never need to be run under | |
| 232 a debugger. | |
| 230 | 233 |
| 231 N.B. It is normal to see a few error messages output while configure | 234 N.B. It is normal to see a few error messages output while configure |
| 232 is running, when gcc support is being tested. These cannot be | 235 is running, when gcc support is being tested. These cannot be |
| 233 surpressed because of limitations in the Windows 9x command.com shell. | 236 surpressed because of limitations in the Windows 9x command.com shell. |
| 234 | 237 |
| 378 | 381 |
| 379 * Debugging | 382 * Debugging |
| 380 | 383 |
| 381 You should be able to debug Emacs using the debugger that is | 384 You should be able to debug Emacs using the debugger that is |
| 382 appropriate for the compiler you used, namely DevStudio or Windbg if | 385 appropriate for the compiler you used, namely DevStudio or Windbg if |
| 383 compiled with MSVC, or GDB if compiled with GCC. | 386 compiled with MSVC, or GDB if compiled with GCC. (GDB for Windows |
| 387 is available from the MinGW site, http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml.) | |
| 384 | 388 |
| 385 When Emacs aborts due to a fatal internal error, Emacs on Windows | 389 When Emacs aborts due to a fatal internal error, Emacs on Windows |
| 386 pops up an Emacs Abort Dialog asking you whether you want to debug | 390 pops up an Emacs Abort Dialog asking you whether you want to debug |
| 387 Emacs or terminate it. If Emacs was built with MSVC, click YES | 391 Emacs or terminate it. If Emacs was built with MSVC, click YES |
| 388 twice, and Windbg or the DevStudio debugger will start up | 392 twice, and Windbg or the DevStudio debugger will start up |