[Qt-creator] Symgdb in QtCreator Debugging options

[André Pönitz]

On Thursday 18 February 2010 10:27:19 ext Aleksandar D. Balalovski wrote:
> I saw this entry in the debugging options in latest QtCreator
> versions, it says Symbian TRK and as debugger default value is set
> 'symgdb'. Could not find any reference to symgdb on Google. What the
> bleep is this? Can anyone point out if there is something related to
> debugging symbian applications (in our case Qt for Symbian) with some
> port of gdb for Symbian (symgdb)? Or what this symgdb is all about?

To debug Symbian applications with Qt Creator/gdb you need a gdb
built with --target=arm-none-symbianelf. You can do that by yourself,
or fetch a pre-built binary from ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/pub/pub/misc/gdb/ 

> note: i am developing QtS60 applications under Ubuntu via the
> workaround from some dude on Internet, due to the the suckie or
> non-existent support for Linux developers by Nokia for Symbian
> applications.

Rest assured this is the first and last answer I give you unless 
the tone changes.

Andre'