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GDB on System V COFF executables

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From: Jonathan S. Saunders
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1991 20:21
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I know the answer to this is probably "no", but I'll ask anyway
since I am desperate:

Will gdb work on System V COFF executable files?

I am working on Interactive UNIX System V/386 and have to use the
System V sdb debugger. This debugger has several limitations, the
most severe of which is the fact that I can not turn off signals
while I am debugging. We use signals for IPC and it is
practically impossible to use 'sdb' on programs that receive many
signals.

Are there any other debuggers that I could use instead without
switching to another compiler? (We'll be looking in to that for
the long term, but for the short term, I'd like another option.)

Thanks for putting up with me!

    ttfn,   ^. .^       Jonathan S. Saunders
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