From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27146 invoked by alias); 7 Jun 2007 15:39:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 27135 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Jun 2007 15:39:28 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:39:21 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C94982D0; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:39:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (dsl093-172-095.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.172.95]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C18C3982BA; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:39:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1HwK50-0007Vy-3d; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:39:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:39:00 -0000 From: 'Daniel Jacobowitz' To: Alejandro Homs Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: libpython2.4.so: Cannot load symbols for shared library with separate debuginfo Message-ID: <20070607153918.GA28841@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Alejandro Homs , gdb@sourceware.org References: <000001c7a907$c3fb73d0$72f95954@cells.es> <20070607135658.GA17949@caradoc.them.org> <000301c7a918$e0de1af0$72f95954@cells.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000301c7a918$e0de1af0$72f95954@cells.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-09) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-06/txt/msg00054.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 05:31:11PM +0200, Alejandro Homs wrote: > Thanks a lot for your fast response! > > > It should always try to load the separate debug file. Is > > debug-file-directory set to /usr/lib/debug, and is there a > > .gnu_debuglink section in libpython.2.4.so.1.0? You may have > > to debug GDB to find out what it thinks it's doing. > > You are right, the debug-file-directory is pointing to /usr/lib/debug, but > there is no .gnu_debuglink section in libpython.2.4.so.1.0. > I am obliged to generate the .gnu_debuglink section? Yes; to use a separate debug file you need both --only-keep-debug and --add-gnu-debuglink. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery