Rosmake does not compile python files. Python is an interpreted language. If you want to have a gdb-like interface for python, you might want to try pdb: http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html Lorenz > > I want to use gdb to debug the process writen by python. But I think rosmake > produces release version. > It's useless. So I want to know how to get the debug version. > Thank you.