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<p>Created page with &#039;__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ {{Man1top |lang=en |rev=1.0.6 |Title=Chapter X. Debugging Bluefish |prev=Man 1 pt03 |Subtitle=Part 3. Developing Bluefish |next=Ma…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>__NOTOC__<br /> __NOEDITSECTION__<br /> {{Man1top<br /> |lang=en<br /> |rev=1.0.6<br /> |Title=Chapter&amp;nbsp;X.&amp;nbsp;Debugging Bluefish<br /> |prev=Man 1 pt03<br /> |Subtitle=Part&amp;nbsp;3.&amp;nbsp;Developing Bluefish<br /> |next=Man 1 ch10s02<br /> }}<br /> == Chapter X. Debugging Bluefish ==<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;float:right; background-color:#E5ECF9;border:1px solid #3061C2;&quot;&gt;<br /> *[[#1. Using the Debugger|1. Using the Debugger]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch10s02|2. Filling a bug report]] <br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> == 1. Using the Debugger ==<br /> Here are the detailed steps for sending a useful backtrace to the Bluefish Developer Team.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Procedure&amp;nbsp;X.1.&amp;nbsp;Running bluefish under gdb&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> # Get the latest SVN release (see [[Man 1 ch01s04|Section 4, “Latest Developmental Version”]] for info)<br /> # From bluefish, the top directory of the bluefish source, run: &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;./autogen.sh&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;br/&gt; You may have to set some environment variables before running &#039;&#039;&#039;autoconf&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as providing autoconf with some flags. Also, some patches may need to be applied, depending on your system.<br /> # Then, run &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;./configure --with-debugging-output&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Again, you may have to add some flags, depending on your system.<br /> # Once you succeed in configuring bluefish, run: &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;make clean&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt; in order to remove all unnecessary files.<br /> # Then, run &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;make&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt; to compile bluefish.&lt;br/&gt; Do not run make install since it strips the debugging symbols from the executable.<br /> # Execute bluefish under gdb with: &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;gdb src/bluefish&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt;. This way, you will get access to a non stripped version of bluefish, which is not the case if you run &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;gdb bluefish&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt; or &#039;&#039;&#039;gdb /usr/local/bin/bluefish&#039;&#039;&#039;, since those binaries do not have any debugging symbols anymore.<br /> # Once &#039;&#039;&#039;gdb&#039;&#039;&#039; has started, type &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt; to start the debugging session.<br /> # Try to reproduce the crash in bluefish.<br /> # Copy and paste the last 50 lines of debugging output to a text file.<br /> # Type &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;bt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt; in gdb to get the backtrace, and copy it to the text file too. If the backtrace is huge, copy only the first 50 lines.<br /> # Save the text file and gzip it by running gzip textfile in a terminal.<br /> # Quit gdb with &lt;tt&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/tt&gt;<br /> # Fill in the bug report (see [[Man 1 ch10s02|Section 2, “Filling a bug report”]] for instructions).<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Man1bottom<br /> |prev=Man 1 pt03<br /> |up=Man 1 pt03<br /> |next=Man 1 ch10s02<br /> |prevname= Part&amp;nbsp;3.&amp;nbsp;Developing Bluefish<br /> |nextname=2.&amp;nbsp;Filling a bug report<br /> }}</div>

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