Dev-C++ Fails to make debug information

[Alex Jaus]

Dev-C++ Version: 4.9.9.2
OS: Windows Vista 64-bit

I set the option to have debug information added in the Compile Options and rebuild my project but the compiler does not do this. The Insight debugger say's the info doesn't exist and Dev-C++ does the same.

Compile Log:

Compiler: Default compiler                                                             
Building Makefile: "C:\C++\Projects\Test2\Makefile.win"                                                                
Executing  make...                                       
make.exe -f "C:\C++\Projects\Test2\Makefile.win" all                                                                    
g++.exe Main.o secondary.o Functions_General_Helpful.o  -o "Test.exe" -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib"  

Execution terminated
Compilation successful

[cpns]

The bug is (I believe) that it adds the option to the option to the Tools|Compiler options, but that after you have create a project these settings have no effect. You need to switch debugging on in the project options instead. I don't think the "read first" thread makes this clear, or even uses that in its proposed solution.

Good lick with the sucky debugger if you get that far though! At www.mingw,org you can find a MinGW build of Insight which is much better, and can be used as an external debugger. As Wayne mentioned, there are better debug alternatives than that, but that involves throwing out Dev-C++ and GCC also.

Clifford

[Wayne Keen]

Yes, had you searched the forum, you would have seen that this bug has existed for years...

Add the option manually. The methods are discusssed in the thread titled "Please Read Before Posting a Question" in the section on getting started with the debugger.

Wayne

[Wayne Keen]

Also, before my friend Clifford says so, the linkage between the gnu debugger, gdb, and Dev is in general less that optimal.

He likes to use the free version of the Microsoft Visual tools for this reason.

Wayne

[Alex Jaus]

Thank You

[Wayne Keen]

I realized a little bit ago that I should have asked one other question...

You did all the Vista specific fixes that you needed to?

Wayne