From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2235 invoked by alias); 24 Jul 2009 17:37:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 2223 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Jul 2009 17:37:00 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_57 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com (HELO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com) (65.115.85.69) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:36:51 +0000 Received: from mailhost4.vmware.com (mailhost4.vmware.com [10.16.67.124]) by smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A431345C; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:36:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.20.94.141] (msnyder-server.eng.vmware.com [10.20.94.141]) by mailhost4.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34BCCC9E26; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:36:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A69EFA7.3070305@vmware.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:37:00 -0000 From: Michael Snyder User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20080411) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "nagaraju.m" CC: "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: external variables References: <4A69AD24.9030802@redpinesignals.com> In-Reply-To: <4A69AD24.9030802@redpinesignals.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 2009-07/txt/msg00190.txt.bz2 nagaraju.m wrote: > Hi , > I am using Gcc-4.3.3 and gdb-6.8. > My GDB is unable to print external variables. It is treating > external variables as integers by default and is generating wrong output. > If we explicitly type casting them then it is printing correctly. > > Is this complier issue(related to debugging information) or GDB issue > > Thanks in advance Sounds like missing debug info. Were the external variables compiled with -g?