stepping thru assembled files that are referenced as temp files ie: /tmp/ccjirvvY.s

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 03:49:43PM -0800, John Utz wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> gdb 6.0 /gdbserver is telling me that i am segfaulting in a file that
> appears to be a tmp-name generated during the link process for the
> parent static library.
> 
> iblit16.s is compiled into iblit16.o and ar'd into liballd_unshared.a.
> My exe is linked against liballd_unshared.a.
> 
> here is what gdb says when i try to step into the problem function:
> 
> (gdb) s
> _linear_clear_to_color16 () at /tmp/ccjirvvY.s:27
> 27      /tmp/ccjirvvY.s: No such file or directory
>           in /tmp/ccjirvvY.s
> Current language:  auto; currently asm
> (gdb)
> 
> how can i tell gdb to stop looking for the tmp-name and look for this
> function in allegro-4.0.3/src/i386/iblit16.s?

I'm guessing it's iblit16.S, or you're arranging to run it through the
C preprocessor some other way.  If so, it's a known bug - no one's
thought of a good solution yet.

You can look at the assembly code using disassemble, for what that's
worth.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer