Debugging the gcc compiler using gdb

[Daniel Kegel]

Surupa Biswas wrote:
> I am trying to debug the gcc 3.2 compiler for mcore under gdb 5.2.1-2mdk 
> (on Mandrake 9.1). I want to set breakpoints on some functions inside a 
> particular file that I have written and integrated into the compiler.
> I run gdb gcc-mcore
> when I type break my_func, it says function not defined.
> So, I do add-symbol-file my_file and now if I type break my_func, it 
> says error accessing memory at adress xyz (I have verified by looking at 
> the object dump that the address does correspond to my_func)
> 
> How do I run gcc-mcore and have breakpoints inside my_file ?

I dunno, but I know that fairly often I have to set a breakpoint
on main, run, stop at main, and *then* set breakpoints on
what I care about.  That way more symbol tables are loaded...
- Dan

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