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This bug was originally marked as duplicate of bug 214106, that is already resolved. This bug is still valid, so this seems to be another bug, but it might be related. Build: NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 (Build 201411181905) VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, 25.25-b02, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.8.0_25-b18 OS: Windows 7 User Comments: IAbstract: IDE debugger throws exception on a printf statement using the "%s" formatter and a null terminated char* value. GUEST: Attempted to debug basic C++ Project Stacktrace: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.debugger.gdb2.mi.MIRecord.toString(MIRecord.java:182) at java.util.Formatter$FormatSpecifier.printString(Formatter.java:2886) at java.util.Formatter$FormatSpecifier.print(Formatter.java:2763) at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2520) at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2455) at java.lang.String.format(String.java:2927)
Created attachment 153616 [details] stacktrace
I'm unable to reproduce the issue. Could you please follow the steps: 1. try debugging in gdb 2. provide me with a sample project to reproduce the issue 3. attach a gdb log (http://wiki.netbeans.org/GdbLog)