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Re: breakpoints/2331: gdb cannot break on entry point forstatically linked binaries


The following reply was made to PR breakpoints/2331; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: xt28@gmx.de
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: breakpoints/2331: gdb cannot break on entry point for
	statically linked binaries
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:44:38 -0400

 On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 09:32:23AM -0000, xt28@gmx.de wrote:
 > When debugging a statically linked binary, setting a breakpoint at
 > the program's entry point does not work, i.e. the breakpoint is set,
 > but execution does not stop at the breakpoint.
 
 Unfortunately, this is a known problem.  GDB does not check for
 breakpoints before the first resume.
 
 -- 
 Daniel Jacobowitz
 CodeSourcery


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