Newbie asks about .so libraries

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 08:50:49AM +0000, William Trenker wrote:
> Here's a basic question.  Can gdb/insight debug code from .so files?
> 
> I have a library, compiled with debug information, and a main
> program, also with debug info.  If I start gdb with the main program,
> does gdb automatically dig up the debug info from any .so libraries
> used by the main program?  Can I set breakpoints on the source code
> in the .so file?
> 
> Or do I have to link statically for debugging purposes?

It should work fine.  There are a couple of quirks, though.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer