Re: problem using gdb with ROOT

Hi,

Just to add a few things ...

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:36 AM, John Idarraga <idarraga_at_cern.ch> wrote:
> 1) Start gdb with no parameters (you can do it from emacs too)
> 2) Then run root separately and load your libs
> 3) Look for the processId and attach gdb to that id
>      Here you will see that your root session freezes and you are ready to
> put on your breakpoints

I use the following alias to simplify my life:

  alias debug_root="gdb -p $(pgrep root.exe)"

> 4) Tell gdb to "continue" and then you recover your ROOT session

Also if you run both root and gdb with a ROOT version compiled with "--build=debug", you can access the ROOT symbols in your gdb session, e.g. this works:

  print ROOT_object_in_program.somemethod()

GL

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