[news.eclipse.tools.cdt] Re: gdb/gdbserver not responding with cygwin

[Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx>]

Frank Morauf wrote:
> When using Eclipse with gdb and gdbserver it is not possible to stop or 
> kill a running target. This behaviour is since cygwin dll version 
> 1.5.20-1 from 2 July 2006. With earlier versions of this dll stopping 
> and killing of the local gdb-process was possible. It has something to 
> do with the signal handling, which has changed. I don't know who is 
> responsible for this problem: cygwin or eclipse?

As with all things cygwin these days, they changed something that breaks 
the CDT and they don't care. We do have a bug open on that. I don't have 
the number handy, but it is a known problem that we'll have to figure 
out for CDT 4.

Doug