[Dev-C++] Newbie: Debugger in version 4.9.7.6 and more with mingW and gcc 3 .2

[Lars-Bo J. <la...@fo...>]

Hi all

I am using latest MingW with all updates including Msys, that is gcc 3.2. I
am experiencing some peculiarities and I am not sure if it is bugs in
Dev-Cpp 4.9.7.6 or just a consequence of the fact that it might not be wise
to use another compiler then the one supplied with Dev-Cpp. I hope someone
can tell me if it is bugs, wrong set-up and how to fix it then or if I
should not use an external MingW compiler.

When compiling a program with error the first tab in the bottom sometimes
has other information in the line column then line numbers, also in the
message column only a fragment of the error message appears, looking at the
compiler log tab reveals that the reason is that the compiler reports
messages over several lines and only the part from the first lines is
reported in the message column of the compiler tab.

Trying to debug, nothing appears in the debug window (the one to the left)
even though dev-cpp recognise the classes and so on. Adding a watch does
nothing, where should the watch result appear ?.

Doing a rebuild all results in error, while deleting all the objects files
and the compile is ok. I did tell dev-cpp to use minw32-make.exe (due to the
existence of msys), doing rebuild all reports:

Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "C:\Documents and Settings\lars_bo\My
Documents\Coding\egne\classes\FIG06_10\Makefile.win"
Executing  make clean
rm -f Fig06_10.o Time3.o  Fig06_10.exe
process_begin: CreateProcess((null), rm -f Fig06_10.o Time3.o Fig06_10.exe,
...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
mingw32-make.exe: *** [clean] Error 2
Execution terminated



Regards

Lars-Bo