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Bug 340114

Summary:	Need better error message when gdb fails to connect to gdbserver
Product:	[Tools] CDT	Reporter:	Ang Chin Huat <chinhuat>
Component:	cdt-debug-dsf-gdb	Assignee:	Project Inbox <cdt-debug-dsf-gdb-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Jonah Graham <jonah>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	cdtdoug, pawel.1.piech
Version:	8.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
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Description Ang Chin Huat

2011-03-16 02:49:46 EDT

Build Identifier: M20100909-0800

Try to debug any C/C++ application via gdbserver, intentionally let it fail by not starting gdbserver, observed the error message:

Error in final launch sequence
Failed to execute MI command:
-target-select extended-remote localhost:10000
Error message from debugger back end:
localhost:10000: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
localhost:10000: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. 


The error message should really be something more human-readible, e.g. unable to connect to remote target.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create hello world project
2. Create new attach to application launch configuration, enable DSF.
3. In connections tab, use default settings, and do not start gdbserver.