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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [kde-devel] Fwd: Re: [kplato] Debug question]
From:       Nash Hoogwater <nrhoogwater () wanadoo ! nl>
Date:       2003-05-03 11:56:58
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Hi Heiko,

There was a lenghty discussion about this a few days ago. It ended with a 
reference to a mail from "from the gurus" on kde-devel:

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=105168952904437&w=2

Cheers,

Nash Hoogwater

On Friday 02 May 2003 21:26, Heiko Evermann wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I had asked about debugging on the kplato mailing list, and I just
> cannot believe the answer. If this were true, how then could I debug a
> program in kdevelop?
> This is really strange. I was advised to ask on kde-devel, and  here is
> the question:
>
> Regards,
>
> Heiko Evermann
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [kplato] Debug question
> Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 18:50:20 +0200
> From: Thomas Zander <zander@planescape.com>
> Reply-To: kplato@kde.org
> To: kplato@kde.org
> References: <3EB2711E.1030700@gmx.de>
>
> On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 03:22:38PM +0200, Heiko Evermann wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I noticed a rather strange behaviour that makes testing and debugging  a
> > bit bothersome:
> > When I change the code and run /opt/kde3/koffice/kplato/kplato (the
> > local exe-file), I do not get to see the changes. Only after "make
> > install" do I see the changed program.
>
> This is normal KDE CVS behavior
>
> > My guess is this is caused by rather strange approach: Everything apart
> > from main.cc goes into a library in the ".libs"-subdirectory. "Make
> > install" installes this library somewhere within KDE. So starting the
> > local exe does not have any effect unless I install this. So even in
> > kdevelop/gideon I cannot debug the freshly built programm, I just do not
> > get the correct exe.
> >
> > To me this looks highly unusual.
> >
> > 1) What is the reason for this?
>
> Don't know exactly, has to do with duplicate libraries and such (if you
> don't install it); basically its a decision made by the KDE gurus quite
> some time ago.
> Ask kde-devel for more info if you want.
>
> > 2) What can I do to debug my local version of kplato without installing
> > it?
>
> You can't

 
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