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| Summary: | NullPointerException when gdb's not found | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | cnd | Reporter: | htt <htt> |
| Component: | Debugger | Assignee: | _ gordonp <gordonp> |
| Status: | VERIFIED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | blocker | ||
| Priority: | P1 | ||
| Version: | 6.x | ||
| Hardware: | Sun | ||
| OS: | Solaris | ||
| Issue Type: | DEFECT | Exception Reporter: | |
Fixed. Check for null object and skip dereferencing it if null. Also use Build Tools to ensure a gdb command is available. Verified in nightly build 20071023 |
With the latest NB6.0 nightly bits... Without compilers/gdb included in the PATH, launch the IDE and create a sample Quote project. Build Debug A popup with the "gdb: not found" msg appears as expected; click OK. => java.lang.NullPointerException at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.debugger.gdb.GdbDebuggerImpl.finish(GdbDebuggerImpl.java:253) at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.debugger.gdb.actions.KillActionProvider.runAction(KillActionProvider.java:90) at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.debugger.gdb.actions.KillActionProvider.doAction(KillActionProvider.java:78) at org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManager.doAction(ActionsManager.java:136) at org.netbeans.api.debugger.Session.kill(Session.java:256) at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.debugger.gdb.GdbDebuggerImpl.startDebugger(GdbDebuggerImpl.java:147) at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.debugger.gdb.actions.StartActionProvider.doAction(StartActionProvider.java:73) at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.debugger.gdb.actions.StartActionProvider$1.run(StartActionProvider.java:117) at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:539) [catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:964) Per gordonp, this is a known problem that needs to be documented.