ddd-3.3.12-test2 questions

[R. Bernstein]

David Relson writes:
 > Greetings,
 > 
 > I've built ddd-3.3.12-test2 from cvs for my Gentoo system and it's
 > running -- sort of ...
 > 
 > First, it complains:
 > 
 > This DDD version (3.3.12-test2) has expired since Friday, 2006-02-24,
 > at 00:00.  Please upgrade to a more recent DDD version.
 > 
 > Is there anything I ought to do about this (other than nuke the
 > version string in vr.h) ?

Well, you could take the suggestion and upgrade to a more recent version ;-)

 > 
 > Second, I'd like to use ddd with python.  To support that I have pydb
 > version 1.22 installed.  When I run "ddd prog.py", ddd starts up but
 > the source code isn't loaded into the source window.  I can load it
 > using File::OpenSource, but shouldn't ddd to that for me?  Also, as I
 > start stepping through the code, I expect the source window to show the
 > progress, but it doesn't do so?  
 > 
 > Is there anything I ought to do about this?

Again, upgrade to a more recent version. ddd-3.3.12-test5 is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61395

Some excerpts from the ChangeLog since test2:

2006-03-22 02:23  Rocky Bernstein <address@hidden>

           * ddd/SourceView.C (1.494.2.4), ddd/comm-manag.C (1.309.2.4),
           icons/.cvsignore (1.8.4.1):

           Python fixes. Well at least make it work less bad.
           
2006-02-21 15:37  Rocky Bernstein <address@hidden>

           * NEWS (1.597.2.1), ddd/GDBAgent.h (1.139.2.2), ddd/ddd.C
           (1.666.2.2), ddd/regexps.C (1.37.2.2), ddd/regexps.h (1.31.2.2),
           ddd/rxscan.L (1.92.2.2), ddd/settings.C (1.160.2.1):

           Changes to make pydb support more complete.
           
2006-02-17 23:37  Rocky Bernstein <address@hidden>

           * ddd/: Command.C (1.61.2.1), GDBAgent.C (1.244.2.1), GDBAgent.h
           (1.139.2.1), PosBuffer.C (1.106.2.1), SourceView.C (1.494.2.1),
           buttons.C (1.151.2.1), comm-manag.C (1.309.2.1), ddd.C (1.666.2.1),
           disp-read.C (1.121.2.1), gdbinit.C (1.51.2.1), regexps.C
           (1.37.2.1), regexps.h (1.31.2.1), rxscan.L (1.92.2.1), show.C
           (1.109.2.1):

           First round of updates to revise pydb current standards.