Re: How to build debug libraries and use with gdb?
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 09:39:29PM -0000, Adam Kao wrote:
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> Could someone explain or point me to an explanantion of how to build a
> library for debugging and use it with gdb? Most of the libraries are
> now shared .so files, do I need to link them statically to debug them,
> if so how would I do that? Gdb has add-symbol-file but that requires
> an address which I have no clue about.
For now, you build it with debug information; set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
include the debug version; and then run the app inside GDB. It'll pick
up the right copy.
Soon there should be a better way available... really...
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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