[Bug symtab/13382] New: Cannot read jc1 symbol table: DW_FORM_strppointing outside of .debug_str section

["ro at TechFak dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE"<sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13382

             Bug #: 13382
           Summary: Cannot read jc1 symbol table: DW_FORM_strp pointing
                    outside of .debug_str section
           Product: gdb
           Version: unknown
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: symtab
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE
    Classification: Unclassified
              Host: sparc-sun-solaris2.8
            Target: sparc-sun-solaris2.8
             Build: sparc-sun-solaris2.8


I just tried to investigate an ICE in jc1 from gcc trunk on Solaris 8/SPARC.
Both gdb 7.3.1 and trunk (7.3.50-20111104) fail to read the symbol table,
rendering the debugger practically useless:

Reading symbols from
/var/gcc/regression/trunk/8-gcc-gas/build/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/libjava/jc1...DW_FORM_strp
pointing outside of .debug_str section [in module
/var/gcc/regression/trunk/8-gcc-gas/build/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/libjava/jc1]
No symbol table is loaded.  Use the "file" command.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) [answered N;
input not from terminal]
No symbol table is loaded.  Use the "file" command.
[...]

This seems to be a bug in gcc's debug info generation, but I wonder if gdb
cannot better deal with the situation instead of having no symbol table at all.

  Rainer

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