should gdb require '.text' and '.data' sections?

josef ezra jezra@emc.com
Thu Apr 18 08:11:00 GMT 2002


Hello

I'm trying to debug a symbol file that has no '.text' section. Unlike 5.0
version, the new SECT_OFF_TEXT(objfile) macro calls (no-return) internal
error and prevent the read.

Should gdb work that way (requiring '.text' and '.data' sections)?

If not, can we consider the first sections flagged 'SEC_CODE'/'SEC_DATA' as
substitutes? Or maybe better have a default 0/1 values (like 5.0)? Both
should work in my case.

- Jezra






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