From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5914 invoked by alias); 10 Nov 2008 17:54:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 5852 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Nov 2008 17:54:12 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:53:36 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ABA32A9667; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:53:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id hF9QQsdFCZSQ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:53:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA972A9654; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:53:33 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EA715E7ACD; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:53:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:32:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Eli Zaretskii , Doug Evans , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: too many "no debugging symbols found" messages from shared libs Message-ID: <20081110175331.GF5112@adacore.com> References: <20081003213402.7739F1C78EB@localhost> <20081030040428.GC13387@adacore.com> <20081110144528.GC12962@caradoc.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081110144528.GC12962@caradoc.them.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-11/txt/msg00181.txt.bz2 > Even a stripped shared library has more symbols than a stripped > executable, because more of the library will be in externally visible > entry points. I agree with Joel - having a message print out for each > shared library is annoying when you have dozens of shared libraries > (common especially on Windows). So how about we print out "(no > debugging symbols for my/binary.exe)" and not print out anything for > shared libraries? Works for me! -- Joel