From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17139 invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2012 16:11:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 17114 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Dec 2012 16:11:28 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD 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; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:11:24 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qBLGBLJK007948 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:11:21 -0500 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-39.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.39]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qBLGBFYc008501 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:11:19 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:11:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Raphael Zulliger Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Ensure correct symbol-file when attaching to a (remote) process Message-ID: <20121221161114.GA32638@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: <50D3FC31.1020103@indel.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50D3FC31.1020103@indel.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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: 2012-12/txt/msg00071.txt.bz2 On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:05:37 +0100, Raphael Zulliger wrote: > Is there really no such mechanism in GDB? There is no such reliable mechanism in general. One could verify build-id in the target, probably that the build-id note is at the same VMA as present in the local symbol file. But then also many binaries/compilers do not provide build-id by default (ld option --build-id). Jan