Re: Cannot insert breakpoint -1.

["Anmol P. Paralkar" <anmol@freescale.com>]

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 04:12:08PM -0500, Anmol P. Paralkar wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>  Is there a reason why GDB will try to set a breakpoint (breakpoint number: -1) at
>>  the entry point address on a 'c', after a 'target remote'? (I am using a GDB stub
>>  at the remote end that resides in a hypervisor upon which guest OS'es run).
>>
>>  I am using gdb-6.8.50.20090717; but, I suppose that this is general GDB behaviour.
>
> What target is it configured for?

  The target is: powerpc-linux-gnu

  The application is not a linux application, but a "guest" OS that runs on top of the
  hypervisor.

>
> "maint info break" will give you some more information.  This is
> probably a shared library event breakpoint.

  Yes, I see:

(gdb) maintenance info breakpoints 
Num     Type           Disp Enb Address    What
-1      shlib events   keep y   0x00110000 <_start>

  How do I delete it/prevent it from being set? Is this a configure time setting?

  I tried:

(gdb) delete -1
negative value

  --

  Thanks a lot!

Anmol.