Re: Using gdb on a debian system.
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 11:07:04PM EST, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 11:53:51PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:
> > Could somebody advise on using gdb on a debian system?
> >
> > Currently whenever I need to take an insider look at what the code is
> > really doing, I try to locate the source of the same version, download
> > the .tar.gz .. run configure/make and execute the version that I built
> > from source:
> >
> > $ gdb ./program
> >
> > Is there any way I could cause debian to systematically install the
> > source that corresponds to the packaged binaries?
> >
> What you really need are the -dbg variants for your packages. Not all
> packages have a -dbg variant available, but many of the bigger and more
> popular packages do. The -dbg packages are compiled with extra
> debugging information, allowing you to run them in gdb and get useful
> information.
Saw that but then,
$ apt-cache search dbg | wc
.. gives me just over 100 hits.
And with 2-3 exceptions all of them are libraries.
Seems I missed something?
Thanks,
cga
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