[Bug shlibs/12794] New: RFE: specifying debug information for sharedlibraries explicitly

["bb.sourceware at magitech dot org"<sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12794

           Summary: RFE: specifying debug information for shared libraries
                    explicitly
           Product: gdb
           Version: unknown
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: shlibs
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: bb.sourceware@magitech.org


Currently, specifying debug information for shared libraries borders on arcane.
 It is necessary to use strace, luck, and what essentially amounts to a chroot
environment to get all of the debug information located in the correct places,
especially if the binary is intended to run on a differently laid out device.

As such, once a binary file is specified, or a breakpoint has been reached post
load, it would be extremely nice to be able to specify either a direct path to
a symbol containing file (or an appropriate .debug file), and load it
explicitly.

Additionally, being able to say "try to load the symbols for this .so", and
have it report back all the locations it's trying, and a hint for how to
specify additional locations, would be extremely valuable.

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