Re: add-symbol-file/load and scripts

Jerome Guitton
2009-06-02T17:04:54Z

Paul Pluzhnikov (ppluzhnikov@google.com):

> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Jerome Guitton <guitton@adacore.com> wrote:
>
> > the text's address, as initialized
> > in the symbol file itself, would be the appropriate defaut.
>
> AFAIU, on any UNIX system it would be appropriate default *only* for ET_EXEC.
> For non-prelinked ET_DYN, one needs to add the base load address.

Thank you for pointing this out! This definitely rules out the first
solution.

So, what about the second possibility? (That is to say: when it is
possible, setting a convenience variable to the start address after
load).