How to get gdb working with Eclipse CDT under windows (fails to find source code)

Question

I installed cygwin (the latest 1.7.xx?), and then installed eclipse cdt (Juno).

When I tried to build a hello world project, despite eclipse identifying that cygwin was

Answer 1

Here is how I made it work.

1. I goto Window ==> Preferences ==> C/C++ ==> Debug ==> Source Lookup Path
2. I Add a Path Mapping: Project Source
3. On the left side I put the path that Cygwin expects, i.e. \home\MyName\projects and on the right side I put the Windows path, i.e. C:\cygwin\home\MyName\projects

Then when I debug it finds the source file fine.