Eclipse C/C++ Debugging with GDB

Question

I am trying to debug an executable using the Eclipse C/C++ Attach to Application functionality for a compiled executable. I have imported a new C/C++ Executable project, selected the appropriate executable and configured the debugger to use a msys/mingw version of gdb.

When I try to run the debugger I get console output for gdb

GNU gdb (GDB) 7.12
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This GDB was configured as "i686-w64-mingw32".
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But then an error window pops up saying that gdb.exe has stopped working

What might I have misconfigured that is causing this?

Answer 1

This was caused by the gdb.exe version. I installed version 7.6.1-1 using MinGW-get instead of using Msys and the 7.6.1-1 version worked with eclipse.