From: Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
To: William Trenker <wdtrenker@yahoo.ca>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Newbie asks about .so libraries
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:44:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vt265s7mvin.fsf@zenia.red-bean.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030129085049.25d160b2.wdtrenker@yahoo.ca>
renee517@yahoo.com writes:
> Here's a basic question. Can gdb/insight debug code from .so files?
>
> I have a library, compiled with debug information, and a main program, also with debug info. If I start gdb with the main program, does gdb automatically dig up the debug info from any .so libraries used by the main program? Can I set breakpoints on the source code in the .so file?
>
> Or do I have to link statically for debugging purposes?
No, GDB doesn't know anything about the shared libraries until they're
loaded. If you set a breakpoint on 'main', and run the program to it,
then GDB will know about the shared libraries, and you'll be able to
set breakpoints on them.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-29 22:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-29 16:53 William Trenker
2003-01-29 17:16 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-01-29 22:03 ` Bennett F. Dill
2003-01-29 22:44 ` Jim Blandy [this message]
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