is it possible generate a pdb file in PellesC?

Started by blzbb, July 20, 2009, 05:41:37 PM

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blzbb

hello guys
I want to use windbg to debug my program
it seems windbg need pdb file to debug in source mode
but i didn't find any way to generate pdb file with pellesC
can anybody help me to show how can i do this

Pelle

PDB is a Microsoft proprietary file format. I can't do anything with an undocumented format.
/Pelle

TimoVJL

May the source be with you

Pelle

I hardly ever use WinDbg, so I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. There is also a problem with the CodeView format inside .pdb/.dbg files, since it has become proprietary too in recent years (and evolved). The situation is really poor: on Windows there is no standard debugging format like DWARF, only the (more or less) de facto standard of CodeView (due to lack of competition). I'm really fed up with Microsoft in general, so supporting some other debugging format would be nice, but it would only mean lots of work without any real benefits. The CodeView format I use will work fine within the Pelles C tools, but will probably not work well in other places...
/Pelle

blzbb