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Re: Newbie asks about .so libraries
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: William Trenker <wdtrenker at yahoo dot ca>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:17:19 -0500
- Subject: Re: Newbie asks about .so libraries
- References: <20030129085049.25d160b2.wdtrenker@yahoo.ca>
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 08:50:49AM +0000, William Trenker wrote:
> 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?
It should work fine. There are a couple of quirks, though.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer