Can I prevent debugger from stepping into Boost or STL header files?

Question

I\'m using Qt Creator with gdb to debug my C++ code on a Linux Platform. Whenever I use a boost::shared_ptr or the like, the debugger steps into the header fil

Answer 1

From https://stackoverflow.com/a/31629136/5155476:

I had this same need. I extended the 'skip' command in gdb to support a new type 'dir'. I can now do this in gdb:

skip dir /usr

and then I'm never stopped in any of my 3rd party headers.

Here's a webpage w/ this info + the patch if it helps anyone: info & patch to skip directories in GDB