GDBServer on dynamic port

[amirs]

When I’m using deploy on a different machine, which means I’m using gdbserver, is it possible to use a dynamic port?

Currently it defaults to `2000` and if two people uses the deployment machine at the same time it will conflict, and VisualGDB will fail.

I was unable to specific port `0` which means gdbserver will be given a random port,
but then VisualGDB needs to read its output to figure out to which port to connect to.

Any thoughts?

[support]

Hi,

Unfortunately it’s not currently supported, however we will add this feature in the upcoming maintenance release (4.1r8). Thanks for your feedback.

[amirs]

Thanks!

[support]

We have added support for dynamic port detection to VisualGDB 4.1r8. You can download it from http://visualgdb.com/download/VisualGDB-4.1r8-trial.msi
Do use this feature please select “Debug with a custom GDB stub” on the Debug Settings page, then setup the stub as “gdbserver” with arguments “:0 $(TargetPath)”.
Then click on “Setup advanced GDBServer settings” and specify the following settings:

Wait to ensure the server starts: 5000 msec
End waiting when the server outputs text: [yes]
Regex: Listening on port ([0-9]+)
Override GDBServer port: [yes]
Regex group: 1

With these settings VisualGDB will look for the ‘Listening on port …’ message, parse the port number in it and connect GDB to it.

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