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From: torq@tardis.computer-science.edinburgh.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: problems with asd
Keywords: asd
Message-ID: <9106121414.AA08212@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 12 Jun 91 09:27:58 GMT
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I am having big problems with asd (the acorn symbolic debugger), It doesnt
seem to be able to cope with large executables.

I have a compiled gnu emacs, which Ive spent a lot of time on, the executable
is 1.2 megabytes in size with all the debug info included.

Machine is a 4megabyte A540

The problem is this:-
*asd temacs
Loading temacs
ASD: ptrace
Failed to allocate Heap (Size=20)
*

Does asd *really* take 2 megs of workspace???!

Whatever I do with the memory arrangement I just cant get it to work. Its 
rather dissapointing as emacs was almost completed, why doesnt the Arc have
a debugger that knows how to swap temporary files in and out like on the 
amiga?

Any suggestions appreciated

Andy