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Minimal symbols and gdb's two-stage symbol reading
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- Subject: Minimal symbols and gdb's two-stage symbol reading
- From: Orjan Friberg <orjan dot friberg at axis dot com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:10:51 +0100
- Organization: Axis Communications AB
Would it be safe to rely on an absolute global symbol being read into
the minimal symbol table with the initial 'file' command (without using
the '-readnow' option) for an a.out target? From looking at
read_dbx_symtab it wasn't clear to me what happens.
As discussed in a previous thread, I will use the symbol as an ABI
indicator, and I'm just wondering if gdb's two-stage symbol reading
could interfere with my intentions (i.e., the symbol not being there yet
when I want it to).
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Orjan Friberg E-mail: orjan.friberg@axis.com
Axis Communications AB Phone: +46 46 272 17 68