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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:12:57 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] How to get gdb in the image
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Hello,

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:48:13 -0700 (PDT)
JNY <jny0@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I need gdb on my target, so selected the gdb options available to me
> in buildroot (Toolchain->Build gdb degugger for the target,
> Toolchain->Build gdb server for the target, Toolchain->Build gdb for
> the host, Toolchain->GDB Debugger Version 6.8).  I then re-made, and
> installed the output image, but still gdb is not recognised on the
> target after installation.

You need to enable:

  Toolchain -> Build gdb server for the target
  Toolchain -> Build gdb for the host

Then, remove everything (make clean), and rebuild everything (make).

Basically, any change in the Toolchain submenu requires a complete
rebuild.

Regards,

Thomas
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