Debugging with GDB Manual The GNU Source-Level Debugger (769148-001, March 2014)

14 HP-UX Configuration-Specific Information
While nearly all GDB commands are available for all native and cross versions of the debugger,
there are some exceptions. This chapter describes features, commands, and enhancements available
only on HP-UX.
Summary of HP Enhancements to GDB
HP WDB provides the following features in addition to the standard GDB features:
• “HP-UX dependencies” (page 99)
• “Supported Platforms and Modes” (page 100)
• “HP-UX targets” (page 101)
• “Support for Alternate root” (page 101)
• “Specifying object file directories” (page 102)
• “Fix and continue debugging” (page 103)
• “Inline Support” (page 106)
• “Debugging Macros” (page 109)
• “Debugging Memory Problems” (page 112)
• “Thread Debugging Support” (page 133)
• “Debugging MPI Programs” (page 143)
• “Debugging multiple processes (programs with fork and vfork calls)” (page 143)
• “Command to Search for a Pattern in the Memory Address Space” (page 144)
• “Debugging Core Files” (page 146)
• “Debugging with debug information available in the side debug file” (page 153)
• “Printing the Execution Path Entries for the Current Frame or Thread” (page 154)
• “Command to Unwind Beyond 10000 Frames” (page 156)
• “Invoking GDB Before a Program Aborts” (page 157)
• “Aborting a Command Line Call” (page 157)
• “Instruction Level Stepping” (page 158)
• “Enhanced support for watchpoints and breakpoints” (page 158)
• “Debugging support for shared libraries” (page 159)
• “Debugging support for Decimal Floating Point data type” (page 162)
• “Additional Support for binary floating point data type” (page 164)
• “Enhanced Java Debugging Support” (page 164)
• “Enhanced support for C++ templates” (page 167)
• “Support for _ _fpreg data type on IPF” (page 168)
• “Support for _Complex variables in HP C” (page 168)
• “Support for debugging namespaces” (page 169)
• “Command for evaluating the address of an expression” (page 169)
• “Viewing Wide Character Strings” (page 169)
• “Support for dumping array in an ASCII file” (page 170)
Summary of HP Enhancements to GDB 97