Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 14:43:23 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@mofo.frt.dec.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za> Subject: Re: gdb and strip Message-ID: <199708281443.OAA03841@mofo.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za> of Thu, 28 Aug 1997 10:07:38 %2B0200.
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Jacques Hugo writes: > Hi there ... > > If you write some program, compiled it > but don't strip it, how do you re-read > the source code in it. > > Is there some option in gcc that you have > to add, and can you gdb a binary that' > not stripped and then redirect the source > to a file? > > Thanks. > you have to use the -g flag when compiling so that the binary contains pointers to the source. Then gdb can access the source when you're debugging and show it. However, if you think that this will include the source in the binary, you're off your rocker. I know of no standard way to get the source included in the binary so that gdb can reconstruct it on-the-fly during debugging. The source files have to be available locally. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) garyj@muc.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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