Re: toolchain/48730: shared libraries built with -g do not contain debugging symbols

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR toolchain/48730; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: Antti Kantee <pooka%iki.fi@localhost>, gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
        toolchain-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: toolchain/48730: shared libraries built with -g do not contain 
debugging symbols
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 13:16:47 -0400

 On Apr 9,  4:37pm, pooka%iki.fi@localhost (Antti Kantee) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: toolchain/48730: shared libraries built with -g do not contai
 
 | On 09/04/14 16:30, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 | >   | make DBG=-g produces a shared library without debugging symbols.
 | >
 | >   Does:
 | >
 | >       MKDEBUG=yes
 | >
 | >   work?
 | 
 | According to riastradh on irc, it does not.
 
 That is hearsay:
 
 $ gdb /bin/ls
 GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.1
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 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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 and "show warranty" for details.
 This GDB was configured as "x86_64--netbsd".
 For bug reporting instructions, please see:
 <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
 Reading symbols from /bin/ls...Reading symbols from 
/usr/libdata/debug/bin/ls.debug...done.
 done.
 (gdb) break write
 Function "write" not defined.
 Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y
 
 Breakpoint 1 (write) pending.
 (gdb) r
 Starting program: /bin/ls 
 
 Breakpoint 1, 0x00007f7ff703bc60 in write () from /lib/libc.so.12
 (gdb) up
 #1  0x00007f7ff710bebd in __sflush (fp=fp@entry=0x605518 <__sF+152>)
     at /net/quasar/src-5/NetBSD/src/lib/libc/stdio/fflush.c:107
 107                     t = (*fp->_write)(fp->_cookie, (char *)p, n);
 (gdb) quit
 $
 
 christos