Get >incomplete type> when I try to display a variable

Get >incomplete type> when I try to display a variable

[ppmoore]

Hello,

I've been trying to debug a program, where the source files and the binary
are in separate directories (the .h and .c files are in the same directory).
I just copy all source files to the destination execution directory where
the executable is located (the target machine is not on the same network as
the development machine), and this works fine.

I'm now debugging another section of code where the .c and the .h files are
in separate directories. As before, I copy these across to the executable
location. When I debug, I get the error <incomplete type> when I try to
examine the contents of a structure or pointer to a structure. Is this
because in the development enviromnent, the .h and .c files are in different
directories?

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Paul
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Re: Get >incomplete type> when I try to display a variable

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 07:47:23AM -0800, ppmoore wrote:
> I'm now debugging another section of code where the .c and the .h files are
> in separate directories. As before, I copy these across to the executable
> location. When I debug, I get the error <incomplete type> when I try to
> examine the contents of a structure or pointer to a structure. Is this
> because in the development enviromnent, the .h and .c files are in different
> directories?

No, it has nothing to do with that.

Either some file was not compiled with -g, or your compiler has
omitted some necessary debug info.

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CodeSourcery

Re: Get >incomplete type> when I try to display a variable

[ppmoore]

Sorry for waste of bandwidth.

Found it: compile with -ggdb option.

Paul



ppmoore wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've been trying to debug a program, where the source files and the binary
> are in separate directories (the .h and .c files are in the same
> directory). I just copy all source files to the destination execution
> directory where the executable is located (the target machine is not on
> the same network as the development machine), and this works fine.
> 
> I'm now debugging another section of code where the .c and the .h files
> are in separate directories. As before, I copy these across to the
> executable location. When I debug, I get the error <incomplete type> when
> I try to examine the contents of a structure or pointer to a structure. Is
> this because in the development enviromnent, the .h and .c files are in
> different directories?
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul
> 

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