[bt-devel] about tips for debugging

[Eeli Kaikkonen]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, SourceForge.net wrote:
> Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> Date: 2009-10-28 17:55
>
> Message:
> Hi Luke! You could try running BibleTime using a debugger, like gdb. So in
> case you are running linux, just install gdb, run BibleTime using the
> command "gdb /path/to/bibletime" and try to reproduce the bug. If it
> occurs, switch to the console you ran this gbd command from, and type
> "thread apply all bt full" to get the full backtrace for all threads.
> Please paste us this information. To quit gdb, just type "q" or "quit" as a
> command. Thanks for reporting!

Dear Nobody,

This is a good tip for all tester and also for developers who have been
unprofessional and too lazy to learn how to debug properly. Could you
add this to the Testing wiki page? Other tips telling exact steps to get
quick meaningful results are welcome, too.


  Yours,
	Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland
	e-mail: eekaikko at mailx.studentx.oulux.fix (with no x)