Public bug reported: The version of GCC shipped with Ubuntu 14.04 causes GDB to crash/hit an assertion after loading the symbol file in some situations, making debugging with source code information impossible then. When building GCC (e. g. from Ubuntu source) with default configuration switches, the problem does not occur. See GDB's bug tracker [1] for steps to reproduce, a minimal test case and further information.
[1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19229 Ubuntu 14.04 x86_64 gdb 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2 gcc-4.8 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04 ** Affects: gdb (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1518062 Title: Incompatibility with Ubuntu's GCC 4.8.4 causing "internal error on target remote: decode_frame_entry_1: Assertion `fde->cie != NULL' failed." in some situations To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1518062/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs