[Qt-creator] Cross-debugging Win-Linux

[Andre Poenitz]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 11:33:38PM -0800, Patrick Masotta wrote:
> Host: Vista; gdb.exe = Custom built MinGW gdb-7.2-1
> Target: Linux; gdbserver=Ubuntu 8.04 GNU gdb 6.8-debian

[While that works in theory, it's in practice usually better to
have maching gdb and gdbserver.]
 
> 1) I've been able to make things work compiling my own cross-debugging 
> version of mingw32 gdb.exe, it would be very handy if you guys add to 
> ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/misc/gdb/7.2/ the Win-Linux cross-debugging version 
> w/Python.

bugreports.qt.nokia.com would be the place to "officially" ask for a
feature. This is an interesting use case by the way. Usually people
with the possibility to use Linux do that directly, worst case in a
virtual machine, but not using cross-compilation.]
 
> 2) when I launch a debug session GDB ends up looking for the source
> files at the working directory (always C:\Qt\qtcreator-2.1.81\) if the
> sources are not there I just get an assembler view; not source code. I
> solve the problem with a gdb command "cd <my_project_dir>" every time
> I run my target or now adding that line to the .gdbinit file, changing
> it every time I work on a different project. Can't you guys just pass
> that "change dir" gdb directive after launching gdb, changing the
> working directory to the current project directory?

There is a setting for "Working directory" in your project's run
settings. Isn't that honoured?
 
> 3) qt-creator does not save the breakpoints to the project file, it
> would be very handy saving them, if not I have to reset breakpoints
> every time I start a new debugging session....

Breakpoints are saved in the session. See

  http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-snapshot/creator-project-managing-sessions.html
 
> Last, "how do I do for being able to post at nntp.qt.nokia.com" and
> follow this conversation on my news reader ??

No idea, sorry.

Andre'