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Anybody else developing under Linux?

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Is anybody else currently using Linux as a development platform for hacking around on Oolite? Specifically Ubuntu, just in case it makes any difference.

If so, how are you debugging?? I'm using ddd (basically a frontend to gdb) and I'm getting loads of spurious signals (usually SIGINT) occuring while trying to step through code and examine data. This is effectively stopping me from debugging and is really starting to cheese me off. Haven't had these problems before when debugging anything, although I've never touched Objective-C before either so unsure if it's just poorly supported?

Any hints much appreciated!
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Micha wrote:
Is anybody else currently using Linux as a development platform for hacking around on Oolite? Specifically Ubuntu, just in case it makes any difference.

If so, how are you debugging?? I'm using ddd (basically a frontend to gdb) and I'm getting loads of spurious signals (usually SIGINT) occuring while trying to step through code and examine data. This is effectively stopping me from debugging and is really starting to cheese me off. Haven't had these problems before when debugging anything, although I've never touched Objective-C before either so unsure if it's just poorly supported?

Any hints much appreciated!
I test a bit in virtualized Ubuntu, but I haven’t debugged yet. I’d look for info at gnustep.org, especially the mailing lists (which have archives).
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Thanks for the tip - I'll take a look.

In the meantime I've found the 'insight' debugger to be a lot more stable, even though it's not as capable as ddd. But there's no point in having a feature-rich debugger if it keeps bugging out :D
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