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Contents 1 Where should insight link point? 2 Libbfd 3 syntax 4 Features section 5 Merge from GNU Debugger front-end 6 Example session section – broken reference

[edit] Where should insight link point?

I changed the insight link to point to the redhat resource rather than to a disambiguity page which then points to redhat resource. Someone changed it back to ambiguous page which isn't helpful in my opinion. Daniel.Cardenas 18:46, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

The Insight reference should be a red link, since it's articleworthy. Stan 00:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Libbfd

Should libbfd be described in this article or in Binutils? Gronky 13:16, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

It has it's own article: libbfd. Since GDB relies heavily on this, it should be explained in the article, but I don't think I know enough to do this myself. Gronky 13:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] syntax

With kgdb, kernel developers can debug a kernel much like they can application programs.

I think there is a syntax mistake in this sentence but english is not my mother thong so I don't know how to make it right.

Claimed fixed. VanishingUser 05:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Features section

I removed VAX from the lower list, because it already was in the top. --Ysangkok 16:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge from GNU Debugger front-end

I'm proposing to merge since there isn't that many out there and it's repeating part of the Limitations section. --Witchinghour 12:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Opposed, at least until someone checks Special:Whatlinkshere/GNU_Debugger_front-end in detail and gives an analysis of how this merge affects the linked-from articles. Lentower 17:10, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Comment, so everybody would be in the know, here's what happend. GNU Debugger front-end was Debugger front-end and it had a list of applications claiming to be debugger front-ends. I had the proposal to merge it with the Debugger article instead. I went thru that list and was removing spam and other crap. Finally what it came down to was a list of GNU Debugger/DBX front-ends. So I moved the page to it's new title. Removed the merge request from Debugger to GNU Debugger. And that's how we're here right now. I also removed insight from the list since it's more like a graphical fork of GDB rather than an seperate front end i.e. insight can't exist without the GDB source code. --Witchinghour 18:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Support. I can't think of much more to say about debugger (GDB or otherwise) frontends in general than a sentence or two, so insufficient for its own article, and this article ought to mention GDB's frontends and link to articles for each notable one. Stan 20:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Example session section – broken reference

The example program that this section refers to has been removed from the article Stack Trace. I don't know the correct protocol for resolving this problem, but I wanted to bring it to the attention of someone who does. – Dazmax 21:47, 1 December 2007 (UTC)