From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5167 invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2010 14:45:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 5156 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jan 2010 14:45:35 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:45:30 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o0BEjKHt022845 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:45:20 -0500 Received: from host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o0BEjAwX024200 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:45:18 -0500 Received: from host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0BEj9RM008129; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:45:09 +0100 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0BEj2J4008126; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:45:02 +0100 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:45:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: tromey@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, jjohnstn@redhat.com Subject: Re: [patch 00/15] PIE: Position Independent Executable support Message-ID: <20100111144502.GA7942@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> References: <20091109205633.GA19138@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <20100110202448.GL10482@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <83k4vp8vos.fsf@gnu.org> <20100110222637.GA3292@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <83iqb98epm.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83iqb98epm.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2010-01/txt/msg00246.txt.bz2 On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:09:41 +0100, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > "although for that, it should be possible to run such libraries as an > executable program", I think. OK, thanks (assuming the comma is there just the one at its right place). Regards, Jan 2010-01-11 Jan Kratochvil Eli Zaretskii * NEWS: Document the PIE support. --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ much more reliable. In particular: - GDB is now able to backtrace through the signal handler for non-threaded programs. +PIE (Position Independent Executable) programs debugging is now supported. +This includes debugging execution of PIC (Position Independent Code) shared +libraries although for that, it should be possible to run such libraries as an +executable program. + *** Changes in GDB 7.0 * GDB now has an interface for JIT compilation. Applications that