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Re: [PATCH] Remote debugging without a binary (regression)


On 02/12/2016 10:31 AM, Gary Benson wrote:

> FWIW I tried this (both on the same machine):
> 
>   gdbserver :9999 /bin/ls
>   gdb -q -ex "set sysroot /whatever" -ex "target remote :9999"
> 
> and got this:
> 
>   Reading symbols from /bin/ls...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> 
> which I think is an error: the sysroot is being ignored.

I agree.  If you tell gdb about a sysroot, then I can't think why
you'd want it to try opening an absolute filename on the host, outside
the sysroot.

(caching and buildid matching aside)

Thanks,
Pedro Alves


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