[Freeciv-Dev] Re: debugging freeciv with ddd or gdb

[Nicolas Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> how can I run freeciv with gdb or ddd ?
> 
> It seems impossible to have the civserver prompt needed to enter commands

I see no problem here. Did I misunderstand you ?

ham:/tmp> gdb civserver
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(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/civserver 
This is the server for Freeciv version 1.11.5-devel
You can learn a lot about Freeciv at http://www.freeciv.org/
2: Now accepting new client connections.

For introductory help, type 'help'.
> list
List of players:
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<no players>
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