From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30233 invoked by alias); 16 Jan 2006 15:48:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 30224 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Jan 2006 15:47:59 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (HELO smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com) (68.142.198.200) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:47:57 +0000 Received: (qmail 8240 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2006 15:47:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lucon.org) (hjjean@sbcglobal.net@71.138.13.192 with login) by smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Jan 2006 15:47:55 -0000 Received: by lucon.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 214B764909; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:47:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:48:00 -0000 From: "H. J. Lu" To: GDB Subject: Re: Does gdb support weak/normal symbols? Message-ID: <20060116154754.GA10336@lucon.org> References: <20060116004831.GA1186@lucon.org> <20060116014904.GA20402@nevyn.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060116014904.GA20402@nevyn.them.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-01/txt/msg00145.txt.bz2 On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 08:49:04PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 04:48:31PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote: > > foo in weak.c isn't in the symbol table. But gdb sets the breakpoint > > of foo on it. Shouldn't gdb be clever enough to know to check the > > other one? > > GDB uses the debug information in preference to the ELF symbol table. > That one says this is a definition of foo. > > Eventually "break foo" will breakpoint both of them. What did you mean by "Eventually"? Were you saying that it was a bug and would be fixed in the future? Is anyone working on it? I'd like to help. H.J.