Tool for debugging makefiles

Have you been looking at the output from running make -n and make -np, and the biggie make -nd? Are you using a fairly recent version of gmake? Have you looked at the free chapter on Debugging Makefiles available on O’Reilly’s site for their excellent book “Managing Projects with GNU Make” (Amazon Link).

How to go to the previous line in GDB?

Yes! With the new version 7.0 gdb, you can do exactly that! The command would be “reverse-step“, or “reverse-next“. You can get gdb-7.0 from ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/gdb If you run into the error: Target child does not support this command. then try adding target record at the beginning of execution, after starting run. Edit: Since GDB 7.6 … Read more

Wireshark vs Firebug vs Fiddler – pros and cons? [closed]

Wireshark, Firebug, Fiddler all do similar things – capture network traffic. Wireshark captures any kind of network packet. It can capture packet details below TCP/IP (HTTP is at the top). It does have filters to reduce the noise it captures. Firebug tracks each request the browser page makes and captures the associated headers and the … Read more