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Re: why is gdb 5.2 so slow


On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 04:15:17PM +0100, wim delvaux wrote:
> 
> > Can you file a bug?  http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/bugs/  Yes, that
> > would quickly become frustrating.
> 
> 	Done ... example attached
> 
> >
> > A workaround is to add `set height 0' to your .gdbinit file.
> 
> 	Will try that, thanx.  Indeed the number of prompts is related to
> 	the window size.
> 
> >
> > I think you won the lottery in finding GDB's current known worst case :-)
> 
> 	If I look at your explanation i think indeed I have the EXTREME situation
> 	here. I can easily have about 10 threads and about 60 dynamically loaded
> 	libraries and as said my PC is NOT the most powerfull ;-(
> 
> 	Thanx again for the reply

Knew I forgot to suggest something.

If you don't need watchpoint support, please try running your program
under gdbserver instead of directly in GDB.  It should be buckets
faster.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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