Debugging

Build & Compile → Debugging

• http://www.mingw.org

After installation the Windows search path must be extended with the path where the binaries of MinGW are installed, for example: "C:\MinGW\bin"
Needed packages:

• mingw32-base

• sudo apt-get install gcc
• sudo apt-get install gdb

crash.c

 1 #include <stdlib.h>
 2 #include <stdio.h>
 3 
 4 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 5   char* x = NULL;
 6   printf("Let it crash with option (%s)...\n", argc > 1 ? argv[1]:"none");
 7   if( x[0] == '1' )
 8     printf("Should have crashed before...\n");
 9   return 0;
10 }

C:\crash> gcc -g crash.c -o crash.exe

The -g option is for adding debug information.

C:\crash> gdb crash.exe

C:\crash> gdb --args crash.exe docrash

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Reading symbols from C:\crash/crash.exe...done.
(gdb)

(gdb) run

Starting program: C:\crash/crash.exe
[New Thread 2800.0xaf4]
Let it crash with option (none)...

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x004013e6 in main (argc=1, argv=0x3e3ea8) at crash.c:7
7         if( x[0] == '1' )
(gdb)

(gdb) bt
#0  0x004013ff in main (argc=1, argv=0x3e24c8) at crash.c:7
(gdb)

The crash is reported at line 7 of crash.c:
0x004013e6 in main (argc=1, argv=0x3e3ea8) at crash.c:7
7 if( x[0] == '1' )
The application did try to read memory at address zero which does not belong to the process and is protected by the Operating System.

This information is used by developers to fix the crash.

Do not use the "-console" parameter in case the rocrail.exe has to be debugged with gdb, because this will disable backtracing.

C:\Rocrail\meinAbeitsBereich>C:\MinGW\bin\gdb.exe --args "C:\Rocrail\Rocrail.exe" -l C:\Rocrail run