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To: kas turi <inox_kas@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Dwarf Error: Could not find abbrev number 116.
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From: Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 07:44:00 -0000
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kas turi <inox_kas@yahoo.com> writes:
> When I run the above command in GDB I get the
> following error:
> Dwarf Error: Could not find abbrev number 116. 

This ostensibly means that the debug info in your executable file is
corrupted.  An `abbrev' describes the content and layout of a dwarf
debugging information entry.

What do you get if you run `readelf -wi' on your object file?