On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 06:04:37AM +0900, YAEGASHI Takeshi wrote: > Because files in /usr/lib/debug/lib lack all debug sections other than > .debug_frame, gdb fails to acquire debug information automatically > (See 15.2 Debugging Information in Separate of gdb.info). > > IMHO, the package should have correct debug information files in all > possible (for each variant like tls) directories in the global debug > file directory. Libraries with debug information in /usr/lib/debug > seem useless.
This is a feature. The debug information for glibc is extremely large, and it makes GDB take an excessive amount of RAM to debug. The files there have a functional .debug_frame and symbol table; this means that backtraces work, although they would not work without these files. You can put /usr/lib/debug in LD_LIBRARY_PATH to get debug info, but we only ship one variant of these. Again, because they are so large. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
