why is gdb 5.2 so slow

wim delvaux
2002-11-01T01:32:21Z

I have been working with gdb 4.xx for years.

because of the dynamic library breakpoint handing I moved to 5.2 only to find
it VERY slow. I wrote this mail because I just had to kill gdb because it
consumed 100 % cpu for MINUTES without doing anything usefull.

I run debian (testing version with the latests versions) I have currently
installed 5.2.cvs 2002081.

Kernel version 2.4.18

I must admin that I do not have the fastest workhorse imaginable (a PIII 800)
but that used to be no problem.

I also sometimes use ddd 3.1 with gdb and again in the 4-version I had no
problem, executing was crips, debugging (almost) fun.

Now it skips breakpoints, takes ages to skip to the next statement, sometimes
does not even want to stop (because it refers to some missing thread or
something). Only killing is the solution.

PLEASE help me out here !!!!

W