On 29/10/2014 10:17, Ed Maste wrote: > On 29 October 2014 05:05, David Chisnall <thera...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 29 Oct 2014, at 03:11, Ed Maste <ema...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >>> /usr/lib/debug is the standard location for standalone debug data >>> established by GDB, and seems like a decent enough location. I'll make >>> sure to update the man page. >> >> Do gdb and lldb also look in /usr/local/lib/debug? If not, it would be >> great if we could at least teach lldb to do this so that we can start >> thinking about splitting debug info into separate packages for ports (and >> providing it as an optional install for everything). > > Not yet, but it's trivial to add for at least LLDB. My end goal is > what you describe - kernel, base system userland, and packages/ports > can all provide standalone debug packages which will install to a > consistent and well-known location, and be picked up automatically by > the debugger. > > Part of this project depends on moving past our old binutils though, > so we can start using the build-id ELF note to link the executable or > library with its associated debug data.
Another part of the issue is DTrace tools that need to look for userland symbols. -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
