as in opkg install gdbserver ? but i did compile it as part of core library and not as a package.

"Advanced configuration options (for developers) → Toolchain Options → Build gdb and gdbserver" sounds wrong then...

The target-package for gdbserver can be enabled in menuconfig → "Development"  → "<*> gdbserver"

hmm actually it is:

Advanced configuration options (for developers) → Toolchain Options → Build gdb

and

Utilities → gdbserver

There is no gdb in my menuconfig --> Development
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I tried compiling gdbserver as a packaged , but it does not show up in opkg either.
do i need to select some other menus in order to make gdbserver work ? infact did anyone actually managed to make it work following this: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/devel/gdb

Yes, I wrote the tutorial and I got it working fine as described, make sure to mark the gdbserver package as builtin (<*>).
For me gdbserver is not in Utils anymore but got moved into the Development menu, but that doesn't change the approach.

tesss

Is gdb quick-tutorial up to date?
I want to debug subversion and I followed these instructions:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/devel/gdb

but when I execute

./scripts/remote-gdb 192.168.1.1:2345 ./build_dir/target-mipsel-linux-gnu/subversion-1.8.1/subversion/svnserve/svnserve

the output is:

Choose target:
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at ./scripts/remote-gdb line 48.

I am not Perl user so perhaps someone can give me a hint (of course I will try to dig it myself)?
I use entware-toolchain.

Thanks and regards
Pawel

If this guide is still relevant, please delete all references to WhiteRussian, or make a new page which doesn't mention WhiteRussian, since it's confusing.

You must be referring to forum2006's postings, since http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/devel/gdb doesn't contain any traces to White Russian.

forum2006 Last post: 2007-12-30

It is highly unlikely that he's still reading this forum.
Feel free to update his guide and post it here.