IDB not supported anymore?

[Hossein_T_]

Hi,

I just noticed that in the Intel Fortran/C++ Composer Edition for Linux, the Intel Debugger is not there any more. I was advised to use the IDB from the older versions. Is this true for all of the products? What were the reasons? Thank you.

Hossein

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yes, that is correct. We decided to focus on contributing to gdb rather than trying to maintain a separate debugger. If you find gdb is not meeting your Fortran needs, please let us know the details.

[Hossein_T_]

Well, I haven't used gdb for a long time, though my previous experience wasn't that pleasant. Probably I have to test it again. What is your recommended GUI to use gdb? Why I am asking: One problem with IDB is that it crashes sometimes and so other debuggers. So, if I call "idbc" from an IDE such as Codeblocks (I don't use Eclipse), it also make Codeblocks to stop working which was very annoying to me. So I always preferred to use "idb".

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I don't have a personal recommendation here as it is not something I do. Eclipse seems to be a popular choice, but Code:Blocks should work too.

[Izaak_Beekman]

Not to be that guy, but Emacs is pretty great.

[Hossein_T_]

One other question, how Intel will distribute the GDB? I mean will it only come with Intel Compilers, or/and as a separate download or GDB will be updated in the major Linux distributions?

[TimP]

I haven't heard of any announcement regarding the acceptance of gdb-ia in upstream gdb or by Linux vendors (which tends to be a slow process).   The current scheme of installing it along with compilers seems to be an improvement over past efforts, complying with requirement to make the source code readily available without adding much difficulty to installation.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

We provide gdb with the compiler. I believe we are also working to include the changes in the mainstream gdb.