Need some help with OpenBSD's GDB

[Prevet]

I am learning GDB but am having problems getting it's watch variable command working.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <SDL.h>

void die (const char *msg)
{
  fprintf (stderr, "err: %s\n", msg);
  exit (0x0f);
}

void test (const char *msg)
{
  fprintf (stderr, "err: %s\n", msg);
}


int main (int ac, char **av)
{
  int j = 0;
  if (SDL_Init (SDL_INIT_VIDEO))
    die (SDL_GetError ());
  j = j + 1;
  test ("hello");
  j = j + 1;
  puts ("SDL init -> OK");
  j = j + 1;
  return 0;
}

I set it to watch the variable j and from then on next appears to change to step, as it steps inside any function it encounters and clears the watch variable with the following message:

"Watchpoint 2 deleted because the program has left the block in
which its expression is valid."

What do OpenBSD programmers do about this?

[jggimi]

Are you using the built-in version 6.3, or the 7.12 package? If installed, the latter is executed with egdb(1).

I have never set watch points, just break points, so I don't have any direct experience with this issue.

[Prevet]

Originally Posted by jggimi

Are you using the built-in version 6.3, or the 7.12 package? If installed, the latter is executed with egdb(1).

I have never set watch points, just break points, so I don't have any direct experience with this issue.

Thanks for replying. I was confused as to why the version numbers were different.

I was using the built in version however when I tried egdb just now, the watchpoints worked when I used them on simple code like below, but when I tried it with the SDL code above, it locked up when a function was called, so it might be fighting SDL, or perhaps it doesn't like libraries.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int wib(int no1, int no2)
{
  int result, diff;
  diff = no1 - no2;
  result = no1 / diff;
  return result;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int value, div, result, i, total;
  value = 10;
  div = 6;
  total = 0;
  for(i = 0; i < 10; i++)
  {
    result = wib(value, div);
    total += result;
    div++;
    value--;
  }
  printf("%d wibed by %d equals %d\n", value, div, total);
  return 0;
}