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Re: Cross solib support; viable at all?
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec at shout dot net>
- Subject: Re: Cross solib support; viable at all?
- From: Orjan Friberg <orjan dot friberg at axis dot com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 17:09:39 +0100
- CC: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Axis Communications AB
- References: <200111071532.JAA05247@duracef.shout.net>
Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
>
> Hi Orjan,
>
> > Reading the lengthy comment preceding enable_break in solib-svr4.c, I
> > understand that gdb must be able to put a breakpoint in the linker to
> > intercept the loading and unloading of shared libraries. This obviously
> > becomes a problem when the linker isn't run native.
>
> This comment is about the _dynamic_ linker, which is a piece of code in
> the target which loads shared libraries. The dynamic linker is always
> part of the target code.
Yes, I know it's about the dynamic linker (ld.so.1), though I see from
my post now it's not clear I knew.
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Orjan Friberg
Axis Communications AB