[Qt-creator] How to get the debugger helpers to work in the latest snapshot (Built 4 May)

[André Pönitz]

On Tuesday 04 May 2010 14:39:26 ext Jaco Naude wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Not sure if its only me, but I can't get the debugger helpers to work
> after I installed the latest windows snapshot. The first time I
> debugged it prompted saying that the helpers have not been compiled. I
> selected the option to open the Qt preferences and then compiled it
> and it succeeded. Every time I debug now the debugger helpers are not
> there, even though the "Use debugging helper" option is checked in
> Options -> Debugger - > Debugging Helper.
> 
> Any ideas on how to get it working?
> 
> Below is the output from the debugger pane.
> Thanks,
> Jaco
> 
> 
> dTRYING TO START ADAPTER
> dSTARTING GDB
> dUNSUPPORTED GDB C:\Tools\Qt\2010.02.1\mingw\bin\gdb.exe DOES NOT HAVE PYTHON.
> sGdb at C:\Tools\Qt\2010.02.1\mingw\bin\gdb.exe does not have python.

Use a gdb that supports Python. This way you would not need to
compile debugging helpers at all, and this is also the only supported
way to debug on Windows/MinGW nowadays.

Andre'