Re: too many "no debugging symbols found" messages from shared libs

[Doug Evans <dje@google.com>]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>> An alternative patch would be to at least include the file name
>> in the message.  But if we do want to print this message for shared-libs
>> why should it be predicated on whether the main program is stripped or not?
>
> I have to agree that the current situation is confusing. Before looking
> at the patch itself, the first thing is to agree on what the debugger
> should be doing at the user level. Perhaps there was a logic behind
> the current implementation that we're not seeing yet.
>
> IMO, a shared library without debugging symbol is a common and perfectly
> normal occurrence, and thus does not deserve a warning - at least not
> by default, particularly when the number of SOs becomes large. So I
> would have to agree with the suggested patch.
>
> What do others think?

ping.